The number of units sold in a public offering of each class of partners' capital account. Units represent shares of ownership of the general, limited, and preferred partners.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 505

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

-Paragraph 5

-Subparagraph (SAB TOPIC 4.F)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=27012166&loc=d3e187171-122770

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-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 04

-Paragraph 16

-Subparagraph a, b

-Article 6

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DESCRIPTION OF THE BUSINESS AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION (Details) - shares	May. 14, 2014	Sep. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Common Units [Member] \| IPO [Member]
Description of Business [Line Items]
Shares issued	15,812,500
PBF Energy [Member] \| Class A Common Stock [Member]
Description of Business [Line Items]
Percentage of ownership in PBF LLC		94.40%	89.90%