CVI CVR Energy Inc

SUGAR LAND, Texas, Jan. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CVR Energy, Inc. (NYSE:CVI) announced today that Steve Eames has joined the company as vice president, Corporate Communications. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20071203/CVRLOGO) Eames has responsibility for the company's public relations, corporate communications, and employee and marketing communications programs. "Steve brings to CVR Energy decades of experience as a credible public company spokesperson and represents a significant addition to our strong management team," said Jack Lipinski, chief executive officer. "Because he has served CVR Energy in a consulting capacity for the past several years, Steve already knows our company and understands our vision." During the past 25 years, Eames has led communications programs at several businesses, including IBM, The Coastal Corporation and USAA. For the past seven years Eames headed his own public relations consultancy, The Alliant Group, where the diverse client list included Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Univa UD Inc., MasterCard, EDS, AGL Resources and Sequent Energy Management, in addition to CVR Energy. Before beginning his corporate career, Eames was a reporter at various Texas newspapers and for nearly 10 years served as an editor, correspondent and executive with The Associated Press. Eames received his bachelor's degree in journalism from Texas Tech University in 1972, participated in various executive management courses while at IBM, and attended the AICPCU executive education program at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1998. About CVR Energy, Inc. Headquartered in Sugar Land, Texas, CVR Energy, Inc.'s subsidiary and affiliated businesses include an independent refiner which operates a 113,500 barrel per day refinery in Coffeyville, Kan., and markets high value transportation fuels supplied to customers through tanker trucks and pipeline terminals; a crude oil gathering system serving central Kansas, northern Oklahoma and southwest Nebraska; an asphalt and refined fuels storage and terminal business in Phillipsburg, Kan.; and through a limited partnership, an ammonia and urea ammonium nitrate fertilizer manufacturing and supply business located in Coffeyville, Kan. Contact: Angie Dasbach 913-982-0482 http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20071203/CVRLOGO http://photoarchive.ap.org/ DATASOURCE: CVR Energy, Inc. CONTACT: Angie Dasbach of CVR Energy, Inc., +1-913-982-0482, Web site: http://www.cvrenergy.com/

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