DESCRIPTION OF THE BUSINESS AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended									12 Months Ended	0 Months Ended					0 Months Ended	12 Months Ended					0 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013		Jun. 12, 2013		Dec. 31, 2012		Dec. 18, 2012		Feb. 09, 2012 Senior Secured Notes [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Class A Common Stock [Member]	Dec. 12, 2012 Series A Units [Member]	Dec. 12, 2012 Series C Units [Member]	Dec. 12, 2012 IPO [Member]	Dec. 12, 2012 IPO [Member] Class A Common Stock [Member]	Dec. 18, 2012 IPO [Member] PBF LLC [Member]	Jun. 12, 2013 Secondary Public Offering [Member] Class A Common Stock [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Secondary Public Offering [Member] Class A Common Stock [Member]	Dec. 31, 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]	Dec. 18, 2012 PBF LLC [Member] Series A Units [Member]	Dec. 12, 2012 PBF LLC [Member] Series C Units [Member]	Jun. 12, 2013 PBF LLC [Member] Secondary Public Offering [Member] Series A Units [Member]	Jun. 12, 2013 Blackstone Group L.P And First Reserve Management, L.P. [Member] PBF LLC [Member]	Jun. 10, 2013 Blackstone Group L.P And First Reserve Management, L.P. [Member] PBF LLC [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 PBF Holding [Member] Senior Secured Notes [Member] Senior Secured Notes Issued in 2012 [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 PBF Energy [Member] Class A Common Stock [Member]	Jun. 12, 2013 PBF Energy [Member] Class A Common Stock [Member]	Jun. 10, 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]	Dec. 31, 2013 PBF Energy [Member] Class A Common Stock [Member] Warrant [Member]
Description of Business [Line Items]
Public offering (in shares)													23,567,686	23,567,686		15,950,000						1,600,000
Public offering, offering price per share													$ 26.00	$ 26.00		$ 27.00
Consolidation, Less than Wholly Owned Subsidiary, Parent Ownership Interest, Changes, Purchase of Interest by Parent											$ 571,200	$ 41,600
Percentage of voting interest acquired															24.40%
Issuance costs and underwriters' discount										$ 33,702							$ 1,388
Debt fixed interest rate									8.25%																	8.25%
Shares outstanding	96,867,147	[1]	96,591,060	[1]	96,543,352	[1]	96,541,758	[1]										57,201,674	57,027,225	72,972,131	72,974,072						39,665,473	39,563,835		23,571,221	23,567,686
Warrants and options outstanding																		909,499
Number of shares called by warrants and options																																909,499
Shares purchased from subsidiary											21,967,686
Exchange of PBF Energy Company LLC Series A Units for Class A common stock (in shares)																							15,950,000
Ownership percentage																								53.60%	70.10%
Percentage of ownership in PBF LLC	100.00%	[1]	100.00%	[1]	100.00%	[1]	100.00%	[1]										59.10%	59.00%	75.60%	75.60%						40.90%	41.00%	24.40%	24.40%	24.40%
Percent of tax benefit received from increases in tax basis paid to stockholders	85.00%

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