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RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS (Details)	May 15, 2015 renewal	Jun. 30, 2016 USD ($) bbl / d	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015	Jan. 01, 2016 $ / bbl
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Number of Contract Renewals \| renewal	2
Term of Renewal	5 years
Delaware Truck Loading Services Agreement [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Term of Agreement	10 years
Delaware City Rail Unloading Terminal [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Term of Agreement						7 years
Toledo Truck Unloading Terminal [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Term of Agreement						7 years
Delaware City West Heavy Crude Unloading Rack [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Term of Agreement						7 years
Toledo Storage Facility [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Term of Agreement						10 years
Delaware City Pipeline Services Agreement [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Term of Agreement	10 years
PBF Holding Company LLC [Member] \| East Coast Terminals [Member] \| East Coast Terminals commercial agreements [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Oil And Gas Plant, Collaborative Agreement, Minimum Throughput Capacity \| bbl / d		448,000
Related Party Transaction, Notice Of Withdrawal Period		30 days
PBF Holding Company LLC [Member] \| Delaware City Rail Unloading Terminal [Member] \| DCR Terminaling Agreement [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Oil And Gas Plant, Terminaling Services Fee, Fee For Volume Above Minimum							0.503
Oil And Gas Plant, Terminaling Services Fee, Base Commitment							2.014
PBF Holding Company LLC [Member] \| Toledo Truck Unloading Terminal [Member] \| Toledo Terminaling Agreement [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Oil And Gas Plant, Terminaling Services Fee, Base Commitment							1.007
PBF Logistics LP [Member] \| Cost of Sales [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related party transaction, amounts of transaction \| $		$ 37,965,000	$ 34,868,000	$ 74,514,000	$ 67,713,000
PBF Logistics LP [Member] \| General and Administrative Expense [Member] \| Omnibus Agreement [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related party transaction, amounts of transaction \| $		1,415,000	1,234,000	2,259,000	2,470,000
PBF Logistics LP [Member] \| General and Administrative Expense [Member] \| Services Agreement [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related party transaction, amounts of transaction \| $		$ 1,121,000	$ 1,134,000	2,243,000	$ 2,290,000
PBF LLC [Member] \| Third Amended and Restated Omnibus Agreement [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related party transaction, annual fee \| $				$ 2,350,000
Minimum [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
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Minimum [Member] \| East Coast Terminals [Member] \| East Coast Terminals commercial agreements [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
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Term of Renewal		3 months
Minimum [Member] \| PBF Holding Company LLC [Member] \| East Coast Terminals [Member] \| East Coast Terminals commercial agreements [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Oil And Gas Plant, Storage Services Fee							0.45
Oil And Gas Plant, Storage Service Fee, Fee For Volume Above Minimum							0.30
Oil And Gas Plant, Terminaling Services Fee, Base Commitment							0.10
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Maximum [Member] \| East Coast Terminals [Member] \| East Coast Terminals commercial agreements [Member]
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Term of Renewal		1 year
Maximum [Member] \| PBF Holding Company LLC [Member] \| East Coast Terminals [Member] \| East Coast Terminals commercial agreements [Member]
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Oil And Gas Plant, Storage Service Fee, Fee For Volume Above Minimum							0.351
Oil And Gas Plant, Terminaling Services Fee, Base Commitment							1.25