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Debt Instrument, Covenant, Limited Excess Availability, As A Percentage

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Up-front Fee, Percent

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Participation Fee, Percent

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Amount of long-term debt before deduction of unamortized discount or premium. Includes, but is not limited to, notes payable, bonds payable, commercial loans, mortgage loans, convertible debt, subordinated debt and other types of debt, with initial maturities beyond one year or the normal operating cycle, if longer.

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Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Percentage price of original principal amount of debt at which debt can be redeemed by the issuer.

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Period of time between issuance and maturity of debt instrument, in PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Amount of the cost of borrowed funds accounted for as interest expense for debt.

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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current and noncurrent portions of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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The cash inflow from additional borrowings, net of cash paid to third parties in connection with debt origination.

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CREDIT FACILITY AND LONG-TERM DEBT (Details)				1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
CREDIT FACILITY AND LONG-TERM DEBT (Details)	Dec. 22, 2016 USD ($)	Nov. 24, 2015 USD ($)	Feb. 09, 2012 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2012 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Nov. 24, 2016	Jun. 30, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Nov. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Aug. 15, 2014 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2014 USD ($)	Mar. 25, 2014 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Increase in borrowing capacity					$ 2,750,000,000
Long term loan					1,601,836,000			$ 1,268,937,000
Line of Credit [Member] \| Revolving Loan [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity				$ 1,610,000,000	2,635,000,000				$ 2,600,000,000	$ 2,500,000,000
Maximum borrowing capacity, as a percentage of aggregate borrowing capacity				10.00%
Alternative maximum borrowing capacity				$ 100,000,000
Effective consolidated fixed charge coverage ratio during period				1.1
Long-term Line of Credit					350,000,000			0
Line of Credit [Member] \| Revolving Loan [Member] \| Base Rate [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate				0.50%
Line of Credit [Member] \| Revolving Loan [Member] \| Base Rate [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate				1.25%
Line of Credit [Member] \| Revolving Loan [Member] \| LIBOR [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate				1.50%
Line of Credit [Member] \| Revolving Loan [Member] \| LIBOR [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate				2.25%
Line of Credit [Member] \| Letter of Credit [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity										$ 1,500,000,000	$ 1,000,000,000
Participation Fee, Percent							1.25%			2.00%
Fronting Fee, Percent							0.25%
Line of Credit [Member] \| Standby Letters of Credit [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term Line of Credit					411,997,000			351,511,000
Notes Payable to Banks [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long term loan					35,000,000			0
Senior Secured Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long term loan								669,644,000
Debt issued			$ 675,500,000
Debt fixed interest rate			8.25%
Debt Instrument, Redemption Price, Percentage			100.00%
2023 Senior Secured Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long term loan								500,000,000
Debt issued		$ 500,000,000
Debt fixed interest rate		7.00%				0.25%
Interest expense					$ 127,000
Proceeds from debt issuance		$ 490,000,000
Financing Arrangements [Member] \| Paulsboro Catalyst Lease [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt fixed interest rate					2.20%
Financing Arrangements [Member] \| Toledo Catalyst Lease [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt fixed interest rate					1.99%
Financing Arrangements [Member] \| Delaware City Catalyst Lease [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt fixed interest rate					1.95%
Financing Arrangements [Member] \| Delaware City Catalyst Lease - Palladium [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt fixed interest rate					2.05%
Financing Arrangements [Member] \| Chalmette Catalyst Lease [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt fixed interest rate					3.85%
Financing Arrangements [Member] \| Chalmette Catalyst Lease 2019 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt fixed interest rate					2.20%
Financing Arrangements [Member] \| Torrance Catalyst Lease [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt fixed interest rate					1.78%
PBF Rail Logistics Company LLC [Member] \| Line of Credit [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity												$ 250,000,000
PBF Rail Logistics Company LLC [Member] \| Notes Payable to Banks [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity	$ 35,000,000
Long-term Line of Credit								$ 0
Debt instrument term	5 years
Long term loan					$ 35,000,000
PBF Logistics LP [Member] \| Notes Payable to Banks [Member] \| LIBOR [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate	2.00%