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Lessee Leasing Arrangements, Capital Leases, Stated Interest Rate

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Number Of Leases

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Stockholders' Equity, Capital Distributions

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Aggregate dividends declared during the period for each share of common stock outstanding.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 505
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.3-04)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=27012166&loc=d3e187085-122770

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Term of the lessee's leasing arrangement, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Detail information of subsequent event by type. User is expected to use existing line items from elsewhere in the taxonomy as the primary line items for this disclosure, which is further associated with dimension and member elements pertaining to a subsequent event.

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SUBSEQUENT EVENTS (Details) - Subsequent Event [Member]	Oct. 28, 2016 USD ($) $ / shares	Oct. 18, 2016 USD ($) lease	Oct. 19, 2016 USD ($)
PBF Energy [Member] \| Class A Common Stock [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Dividends declared per share \| $ / shares	$ 0.3
Expected capital distributions	$ 30,839,000
Catalyst Lease Obligation, Platinum [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Lease, fixed interest rate		1.95%
Lease annual payment		$ 210,000
Catalyst lease [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Number of leases entered \| lease		2
Lease term		3 years
Catalyst Lease Obligation, Palladium [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Lease, fixed interest rate		2.05%
Lease annual payment		$ 30,000
Chalmette Catalyst Lease [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Lease, fixed interest rate			2.20%
Lease annual payment			$ 43,000