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SUGAR LAND, Texas, Oct. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- CVR Energy, Inc. (NYSE: CVI), a refiner and marketer of petroleum fuels and majority owner in nitrogen fertilizer manufacturer CVR Partners, LP (NYSE: UAN), announced today that Carl D. Findley will become the companies' vice president of human resources, effective immediately. 

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Findley had been the human resources manager at Coffeyville Resources Refining & Marketing, LLC, in Coffeyville, Kan., a subsidiary of CVR Energy. 

Findley has more than 18 years of experience, including staff and management positions in labor relations, employment, regulatory compliance, compensation benefits, training and human resources information systems.  He is certified as a labor relations professional by the School of Labor and Industrial Relations at Michigan State University.

"Since joining the company, Carl has made tremendous contributions to our recruiting, training and development, benefits and labor relations programs," said Chief Executive Officer Jack Lipinski.  "Carl also has an in-depth understanding of our businesses, which is an important asset to our companies."

Findley has spent most of his career serving in various human resources management positions related to predecessor companies of CVR Energy, such as regional human resources manager for Farmland Industries Crop Production Division and manager of human resources and safety for Farmland Industries' refinery in Coffeyville and its nitrogen plant in Lawrence, Kan. Before joining Coffeyville Resources Refining & Marketing in 2007, Findley was a human resources employment and benefits supervisor at Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation in Burlington, Kan.

He holds a bachelor's degree in psychology from Pittsburg State University.

About CVR Energy, Inc.
Headquartered in Sugar Land, Texas, CVR Energy, Inc.'s subsidiary and affiliated businesses operate independent refining assets in Coffeyville, Kan. and Wynnewood, Okla. with more than 185,000 barrels per day of processing capacity, a marketing network for supplying high value transportation fuels to customers through tanker trucks and pipeline terminals, and a crude oil gathering system serving Kansas, Oklahoma, western Missouri, southwestern Nebraska and Texas. In addition, CVR Energy subsidiaries own a majority interest in and serve as the general partner of CVR Partners, LP, a producer of ammonia and urea ammonium nitrate, or UAN, fertilizers.

For further information, please contact:

Investor Relations:
Jay Finks
CVR Energy, Inc.
281-207-3588
InvestorRelations@CVREnergy.com

Media Relations:
Angie Dasbach
CVR Energy, Inc.
913-982-0482
MediaRelations@CVREnergy.com

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