NONCONTROLLING INTEREST OF PBF ENERGY (Owenership Percentage) (Details)																	0 Months Ended		3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014		Mar. 25, 2014		Jan. 09, 2014		Dec. 31, 2013		Mar. 31, 2014 PBF Energy [Member] Class A Common Stock [Member]	Mar. 25, 2014 PBF Energy [Member] Class A Common Stock [Member]	Jan. 09, 2014 PBF Energy [Member] Class A Common Stock [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 PBF Energy [Member] Class A Common Stock [Member]	Mar. 31, 2014 PBF LLC [Member] Series A Units [Member]	Mar. 25, 2014 PBF LLC [Member] Series A Units [Member]	Jan. 09, 2014 PBF LLC [Member] Series A Units [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 PBF LLC [Member] Series A Units [Member]	Mar. 27, 2014 Secondary Public Offering [Member] Class A Common Stock [Member]	Jan. 11, 2014 Secondary Public Offering [Member] Class A Common Stock [Member]	Mar. 31, 2014 Secondary Public Offering [Member] Class A Common Stock [Member]
Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Public offering (in shares)																	15,000,000	15,000,000	30,000,000
Shares outstanding	96,883,566	[1]	96,883,566	[1]	96,867,147	[1]	96,867,147	[1]	69,670,192	69,670,192	54,665,473	39,665,473	27,213,374	27,213,374	42,201,674	57,201,674
Percentage of ownership in PBF LLC	100.00%	[1]	100.00%	[1]	100.00%	[1]	100.00%	[1]	71.90%	71.90%	56.40%	40.90%	28.10%	28.10%	43.60%	59.10%

[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.