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Amount by which the current fair value of the underlying stock exceeds the exercise price of options outstanding.

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STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION (Share-Based Compensation Expense) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
PBF LLC [Member]
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Outstanding, Intrinsic Value	$ 16,797
PBF LLC [Member] \| Series A Units [Member]
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items]
Non-compensatory warrants outstanding	32,719	56,719
General and Administrative Expense [Member]
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items]
Allocated share-based compensation expense	$ 9,218	$ 6,095	$ 3,753
General and Administrative Expense [Member] \| PBF LLC [Member] \| Series A Units [Member]
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items]
Allocated share-based compensation expense	0	522	779
General and Administrative Expense [Member] \| PBF LLC [Member] \| Series B Units [Member]
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items]
Allocated share-based compensation expense	0	0	530
General and Administrative Expense [Member] \| PBF Energy Inc. [Member] \| Class A Common Stock [Member]
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items]
Allocated share-based compensation expense	7,528	4,343	2,051
Restricted Stock [Member] \| General and Administrative Expense [Member] \| Parent Company [Member]
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items]
Allocated share-based compensation expense	1,690	$ 1,230	$ 393
Employee Stock Option [Member] \| PBF Energy Inc. [Member]
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Outstanding, Intrinsic Value	38,167
Total intrinsic value of stock options exercisable	$ 12,139