NONCONTROLLING INTEREST OF PBF ENERGY (Owenership Percentage) (Details)														0 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2013		Jun. 12, 2013		Dec. 31, 2012		Sep. 30, 2013 PBF Energy [Member] Class A Common Stock [Member]	Jun. 12, 2013 PBF Energy [Member] Class A Common Stock [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 PBF Energy [Member] Class A Common Stock [Member]	Dec. 18, 2012 PBF Energy [Member] Class A Common Stock [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 PBF LLC [Member] Series A Units [Member]	Jun. 12, 2013 PBF LLC [Member] Series A Units [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 PBF LLC [Member] Series A Units [Member]	Jun. 12, 2013 Secondary Public Offering [Member] Class A Common Stock [Member]
Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Public offering (in shares)														15,950,000
Shares outstanding	96,819,101	[1]	96,591,060	[1]	96,543,352	[1]	39,581,613	39,563,835	23,571,221		57,237,488	57,027,225	72,972,131
Percentage of ownership in PBF LLC	100.00%	[1]	100.00%	[1]	100.00%	[1]	40.90%	41.00%	24.40%	24.40%	59.10%	59.00%	75.60%

[1] Assumes all of the holders of PBF LLC Series A Units exchange their PBF LLC Series A Units for shares of PBF Energy’s Class A common stock on a one-for-one basis.