DESCRIPTION OF THE BUSINESS AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION - Additional Information (Detail)	6 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2020 Segment	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Percentage of ownership in PBF LLC		100.00%
Number of Reportable Segments	1	1
PBF Energy [Member] \| Class A Common Stock [Member]
Percentage of ownership in PBF LLC	99.20%	99.00%	99.00%

Number of segments reported by the entity. A reportable segment is a component of an entity for which there is an accounting requirement to report separate financial information on that component in the entity's financial statements.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 280
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 18
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=120311839&loc=d3e8672-108599

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