Ownership Submission
FORM 3
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
  GROSS EDMUND S
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
10/22/2007
3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
CVR ENERGY INC [CVI]
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
2277 PLAZA DRIVE, SUITE 500
4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
SVP, General Counsel and Sec'y
5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
(Street)

SUGAR LAND, TX 77479
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 4)
2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned
(Instr. 4)
3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)
4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Common Stock 0
I
See Remarks

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)
2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)
3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)
4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)
6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
GROSS EDMUND S
2277 PLAZA DRIVE
SUITE 500
SUGAR LAND, TX 77479
      SVP, General Counsel and Sec'y  

Signatures

/s/ Susan M. Ball, Attorney-in-fact 10/22/2007
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
 
Remarks:
Coffeyville Acquisition LLC and Coffeyville Acquisition II LLC each own shares of CVR Energy, Inc. (the "Company") common
stock, par value $0.01 per share ("Common Stock"). Mr. Gross owns common units equal to 0.012% of the total common units of
each of Coffeyville Acquisition LLC and Coffeyville Acquisition II LLC. Mr. Gross also owns 4,326,324 phantom points pursuant to the
Coffeyville Resources, LLC Phantom Unit Appreciation Plan (Plan I) and Coffeyville Resources, LLC Phantom Unit Appreciation Plan
(Plan II). Phantom points constitute rights to a portion of the profits generated by Coffeyville Acquisition LLC and Coffeyville Acquisition
II LLC. The phantom unit appreciation plans are filed as exhibits 10.3 and 10.32 to the Company's Registration Statement on
Form S-1, File No. 333-137588 (the "Registration Statement"). The limited liability company agreements of Coffeyville Acquisition
LLC and Coffeyville Acquisition II LLC are filed as exhibits 10.34 and 10.35, respectively, to the Registration Statement.

Mr. Gross does not have the power to vote or dispose of the shares of Common Stock that correspond to his ownership of common units
in Coffeyville Acquisition LLC and Coffeyville Acquisition II LLC and thus does not have beneficial ownership of such shares. In addition,
Mr. Gross does not have any pecuniary interest in the shares of Common Stock held by Coffeyville Acquisition LLC and Coffeyville
Acquisition II LLC (or phantom points) because he does not control either Coffeyville Acquisition LLC or Coffeyville Acquisition
II LLC and does not have or share investment control over either entity's securities.

Exhibit List: Exhibit 24: Power of Attorney

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