Consolidated Statements of Operations - USD ($) $ in Thousands		12 Months Ended
		Dec. 31, 2017		Dec. 31, 2016		Dec. 31, 2015
Income Statement [Abstract]
Revenues		$ 21,786,637		$ 15,920,424		$ 13,123,929
Cost and expenses:
Cost of products and other		18,863,621		13,598,341		11,481,614
Operating expenses (excluding depreciation and amortization expense as reflected below)		1,685,611		1,423,198		904,525
Depreciation and amortization expense		277,992		216,341		187,729
Cost of sales		20,827,224		15,237,880		12,573,868
General and administrative expenses (excluding depreciation and amortization expense as reflected below)		214,773		166,452		181,266
Depreciation and amortization expense		12,964		5,835		9,688
Loss (gain) on sale of assets		1,458		11,374		(1,004)
Total cost and expenses		21,056,419		15,421,541		12,763,818
Income from operations		730,218	[1]	498,883	[1]	360,111
Other income (expense):
Change in tax receivable agreement liability		250,922		12,908		18,150
Change in fair value of catalyst leases		(2,247)		1,422		10,184
Debt extinguishment costs		(25,451)		0		0
Interest expense, net		(154,427)		(150,045)		(106,187)
Income before income taxes		799,015		363,168		282,258
Income tax expense		315,584		137,650		86,725
Net income		483,431		225,518		195,533
Less: net income attributable to noncontrolling interests		67,914		54,707		49,132
Net income attributable to PBF Energy Inc. stockholders		$ 415,517		$ 170,811		$ 146,401
Weighted-average shares of Class A common stock outstanding
Basic (in shares)	[2]	109,779,407		98,334,302		88,106,999
Diluted (in shares)		113,898,845		103,606,709		94,138,850
Net income available to Class A common stock per share:
Basic (in usd per share)		$ 3.78		$ 1.74		$ 1.66
Diluted (in usd per share)		3.73		1.74		1.65
Dividends per common share (in usd per share)		$ 1.20		$ 1.20		$ 1.20

[1] (1)The Logistics segment includes 100% of the income from operations of TVPC as TVPC is consolidated by PBFX. PBFX records net income attributable to noncontrolling interest for the 50% equity interest in TVPC held by PBF Holding. PBF Holding (included in the Refining segment) records equity income in investee related to its 50% noncontrolling ownership interest in TVPC. For the purposes of the consolidated PBF Energy financial statements, PBF Holding’s equity income in investee and PBFX’s net income attributable to noncontrolling interest eliminate in consolidation. As the acquisition of PBFX’s 50% interest in TVPC was completed in the third quarter of 2016, there was no impact on comparative 2015 disclosures.

[2] The net income attributable to PBF Energy, used in the numerator of the diluted earnings per share calculation is adjusted to reflect the net income, as well as the corresponding income tax (based on a 39.6%, 39.1% and 39.6% statutory tax rate for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015) attributable to the converted units.