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CVR Partners, LP – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/23 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Wednesday, 2/21/24, at 4:16pm ET   ·   For:  12/31/23   ·   Accession #:  1425292-24-4   ·   File #:  1-35120

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 2/21/24  CVR Partners, LP                  10-K       12/31/23   92:9.8M

Annual Report   —   Form 10-K   —   SEA’34

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-K        Annual Report                                       HTML   2.10M 
 2: EX-21.1     Subsidiaries List                                   HTML     26K 
 3: EX-23.1     Consent of Expert or Counsel                        HTML     25K 
 9: EX-97.1     Clawback Policy re: Recovery of Erroneously         HTML    107K 
                Awarded Compensation                                             
 4: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     30K 
 5: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     30K 
 6: EX-31.3     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     30K 
 7: EX-31.4     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     30K 
 8: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     28K 
15: R1          Cover                                               HTML     89K 
16: R2          Audit Information                                   HTML     30K 
17: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    108K 
18: R4          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     29K 
19: R5          Consolidated Statements of Operations               HTML     98K 
20: R6          Consolidated Statements of Partners' Capital        HTML     60K 
21: R7          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    111K 
22: R8          Organization and Nature of Business                 HTML     36K 
23: R9          Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     65K 
24: R10         Inventory                                           HTML     34K 
25: R11         Property, Plant and Equipment                       HTML     41K 
26: R12         Equity Method Investments                           HTML     36K 
27: R13         Leases                                              HTML    100K 
28: R14         Other Current Liabilities                           HTML     38K 
29: R15         Long-Term Debt                                      HTML     55K 
30: R16         Revenue                                             HTML     55K 
31: R17         Share-Based Compensation                            HTML     50K 
32: R18         Commitments                                         HTML     34K 
33: R19         Related Party Transactions                          HTML    101K 
34: R20         Supplemental Cash Flow Information                  HTML     41K 
35: R21         Pay vs Performance Disclosure                       HTML     37K 
36: R22         Insider Trading Arrangements                        HTML     31K 
37: R23         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    121K 
                (Policies)                                                       
38: R24         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     42K 
                (Tables)                                                         
39: R25         Inventory (Tables)                                  HTML     34K 
40: R26         Property, Plant and Equipment (Tables)              HTML     42K 
41: R27         Equity Method Investments (Tables)                  HTML     32K 
42: R28         Leases (Tables)                                     HTML     60K 
43: R29         Other Current Liabilities (Tables)                  HTML     37K 
44: R30         Long-Term Debt (Tables)                             HTML     45K 
45: R31         Revenue (Tables)                                    HTML     52K 
46: R32         Share-Based Compensation (Tables)                   HTML     39K 
47: R33         Commitments (Tables)                                HTML     33K 
48: R34         Related Party Transactions (Tables)                 HTML     86K 
49: R35         Supplemental Cash Flow Information (Tables)         HTML     40K 
50: R36         Organization and Nature of Business (Details)       HTML     59K 
51: R37         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     35K 
                Accounts Receivable, net (Details)                               
52: R38         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     43K 
                Property, Plant and Equipment, net (Details)                     
53: R39         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     28K 
                Environmental, Health & Safety (?EH&S?) Matters                  
                (Details)                                                        
54: R40         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     28K 
                Turnaround Expenses (Details)                                    
55: R41         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     28K 
                Share-Based Compensation (Details)                               
56: R42         Inventory - Schedule of Inventories (Details)       HTML     34K 
57: R43         Property, Plant and Equipment - Schedule of         HTML     47K 
                Components of Property, Plant and Equipment, Net                 
                (Details)                                                        
58: R44         Property, Plant and Equipment - Additional          HTML     31K 
                Information (Details)                                            
59: R45         Equity Method Investments - Additional Information  HTML     41K 
                (Details)                                                        
60: R46         Equity Method Investments - Schedule of Equity      HTML     42K 
                Method Investments (Details)                                     
61: R47         Leases - Additional Information (Details)           HTML     32K 
62: R48         Leases - Schedule of Right of Use Asset and Lease   HTML     33K 
                Liability Balances for Operating and Finance                     
                Leases (Details)                                                 
63: R49         Leases - Schedule of Lease Expense (Details)        HTML     36K 
64: R50         Leases - Schedule of Lease Terms and Discount       HTML     31K 
                Rates (Details)                                                  
65: R51         Leases - Schedule of Remaining Minimum Lease        HTML     44K 
                Payments for Operating Leases (Details)                          
66: R52         Other Current Liabilities (Details)                 HTML     44K 
67: R53         Long-Term Debt - Schedule of Components of          HTML     49K 
                Long-Term Debt (Details)                                         
68: R54         Long-Term Debt - Schedule of Credit Facilities      HTML     38K 
                Outstanding (Details)                                            
69: R55         Long-Term Debt - Additional Information (Details)   HTML     77K 
70: R56         Long-Term Debt - Schedule of Debt Instrument        HTML     34K 
                Redemption (Details)                                             
71: R57         Revenue - Schedule of Disaggregation of Revenue     HTML     45K 
                (Details)                                                        
72: R58         Revenue - Remaining performance obligations         HTML     34K 
                (Details)                                                        
73: R59         Revenue - Schedule of Deferred Revenue Activity     HTML     48K 
                (Details)                                                        
74: R60         Revenue - Sales to Major Customers (Details)        HTML     37K 
75: R61         Share-Based Compensation - Additional Information   HTML    102K 
                (Details)                                                        
76: R62         Share-Based Compensation - Schedule of Phantom      HTML     55K 
                Unit Award Activity (Details)                                    
77: R63         Commitments - Schedule of Minimum Required          HTML     41K 
                Payments for Unconditional Purchase Obligations                  
                (Details)                                                        
78: R64         Commitments - Additional Information (Details)      HTML     27K 
79: R65         Related Party Transactions - Omnibus Agreement      HTML     26K 
                (Details)                                                        
80: R66         Related Party Transactions - Coffeyville MSA        HTML     46K 
                (Details)                                                        
81: R67         Related Party Transactions - Corporate MSA          HTML     29K 
                (Details)                                                        
82: R68         Related Party Transactions - Schedule of Related    HTML     47K 
                Party Transactions (Details)                                     
83: R69         Related Party Transactions - Environmental          HTML     33K 
                Agreement (Details)                                              
84: R70         Related Party Transactions - Terminal and           HTML     39K 
                Operating Agreement (Details)                                    
85: R71         Related Party Transactions - Distributions          HTML     47K 
                (Details)                                                        
86: R72         Related Party Transactions - Schedule of            HTML     40K 
                Distributions Paid (Details)                                     
87: R73         Supplemental Cash Flow Information (Details)        HTML     44K 
89: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    164K 
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