Exhibit 99.1

CVR REFINING ANNOUNCES EXTENDED FCCU OUTAGE AT COFFEYVILLE REFINERY

SUGAR LAND, Texas (Aug. 26, 2013) - CVR Refining, LP (NYSE: CVRR), a refiner and marketer of petroleum fuels, today announced that the fluid catalytic cracking unit (FCCU) at its Coffeyville refinery is expected to remain offline until mid-September due to additional necessary repairs. As a result of the FCCU outage, total crude throughputs for the Coffeyville and Wynnewood refineries in the 2013 third quarter are expected to be between 145,000 barrels per day and 155,000 barrels per day.  The FCCU outage will not affect the previously announced CVR Refining distribution outlook.

Forward Looking Statements

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About CVR Refining, LP

Headquartered in Sugar Land, Texas, CVR Refining, LP is an independent downstream energy limited partnership that owns refining and related logistics assets in the Midcontinent United States. CVR Refining’s subsidiaries operate a 115,000 barrel per day complex full coking medium-sour crude oil refinery in Coffeyville, Kan., and a 70,000 bpd medium complexity crude oil refinery in Wynnewood, Okla. CVR Refining’s subsidiaries also operate supporting logistics assets including approximately 350 miles of pipelines, more than 125 crude oil transports, a network of strategically located crude oil gathering tank farms, and more than six million barrels of owned and leased crude oil storage capacity.

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CVR Refining, LP
281-207-3588
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CVR Refining, LP
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