RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS (Details)					3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Sep. 01, 2016 USD ($)	Aug. 31, 2016 USD ($) bbl / d $ / bbl	Apr. 29, 2016 terminal $ / bbl	May 15, 2015 renewal	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($) bbl / d	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015	Jul. 01, 2016 $ / bbl	Jan. 01, 2016 $ / bbl
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Gross | $							$ 971,932,000	$ 0
Number of Contract Renewals | renewal				2
Term of Renewal				5 years
East Coast Terminals [Member] | East Coast Terminals commercial agreements [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Number Of Refined Product Terminals Acquired | terminal			4
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] | Delaware City Products Pipeline [Member] | Delaware City Pipeline Services Agreement [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Oil And Gas Plant, Terminaling Services Fee, Base Commitment										0.5396
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] | Torrance Valley Pipeline - North [Member] | Torrance Valley Pipeline Transportation Services Agreement [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Oil And Gas Plant, Collaborative Agreement, Minimum Throughput Capacity | bbl / d		50,000
Oil And Gas Plant, Terminaling Services Fee, Base Commitment		0.5625
PBF Holding Company LLC [Member] | Torrance Valley Pipeline - South [Member] | Torrance Valley Pipeline Transportation Services Agreement [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Oil And Gas Plant, Collaborative Agreement, Minimum Throughput Capacity | bbl / d		70,000
Oil And Gas Plant, Terminaling Services Fee, Fee For Volume Above Minimum		0.3125
Oil And Gas Plant, Terminaling Services Fee, Base Commitment		1.5625
PBF Holding Company LLC [Member] | Torrance Valley Pipeline - Midway Tank [Member] | Torrance Valley Pipeline Transportation Services Agreement [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Oil And Gas Plant, Storage Services Fee		0.85
PBF Holding Company LLC [Member] | Torrance Valley Pipeline - Belridge and Emidio Tanks [Member] [Member] | Torrance Valley Pipeline Transportation Services Agreement [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Oil And Gas Plant, Storage Services Fee		0.85
Oil And Gas Plant, Storage Service Fee, Fee For Volume Above Minimum		0.425
PBF Holding Company LLC [Member] | Torrance Valley Pipeline - Belridge Tanks [Member] | Torrance Valley Pipeline Transportation Services Agreement [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Oil And Gas Plant, Collaborative Agreement, Minimum Throughput Capacity | bbl / d		715,000
PBF Holding Company LLC [Member] | Torrance Valley Pipeline - Emidio Tanks [Member] | Torrance Valley Pipeline Transportation Services Agreement [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Oil And Gas Plant, Collaborative Agreement, Minimum Throughput Capacity | bbl / d		600,000
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 | $					$ 43,842,000	$ 37,082,000	118,356,000	104,796,000
PBF Logistics LP [Member] | General and Administrative Expense [Member] | Omnibus Agreement [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related party transaction, amounts of transaction | $					1,201,000	1,471,000	3,460,000	3,941,000
PBF Logistics LP [Member] | General and Administrative Expense [Member] | Services Agreement [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related party transaction, amounts of transaction | $					$ 1,280,000	$ 1,122,000	$ 3,523,000	$ 3,412,000
PBF LLC [Member] | Fourth Amended and Restated Omnibus Agreement [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related party transaction, annual fee | $		$ 4,000,000
PBF LLC [Member] | Fourth Amended and Restated O&M Agreement [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related party transaction, annual fee | $		6,386,000
Minimum [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Term of Agreement									7 years
Minimum [Member] | East Coast Terminals [Member] | East Coast Terminals commercial agreements [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Term of Agreement					3 months
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
Maximum [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Term of Agreement									10 years
Maximum [Member] | East Coast Terminals [Member] | East Coast Terminals commercial agreements [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Term of Agreement					1 year
Term of Renewal					1 year
Maximum [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			0.55
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
PBF Logistics LP [Member] | Partnership [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Ownership percentage	50.00%
Consideration transferred | $	$ 175,000,000	$ 175,000,000
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Gross | $	20,000,000
Proceeds from Sale and Maturity of Marketable Securities | $	76,200,000
Limited Partner, Public [Member] | PBF Logistics LP [Member] | Partnership [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Gross | $	$ 78,800,000
Torrance Valley Pipeline Company [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Ownership percentage	50.00%				50.00%		50.00%