CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF PBF HOLDINGS (Statement of Cash Flows) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2017	Mar. 31, 2016
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income	$ (65,540)	$ (98,428)
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization	57,869	56,532
Stock-based compensation	5,345	2,621
Change in fair value of catalyst lease obligations	2,588	2,885
Deferred income taxes	(38)	31,487
Non-cash lower of cost or market inventory adjustment	16,039	(59,063)
Non-cash change in inventory repurchase obligations	(23,124)	35,147
Pension and other post retirement benefit costs	10,560	7,680
Income (Loss) from Equity Method Investments, Net of Dividends or Distributions	174	0
Gain (Loss) on Disposition of Property Plant Equipment	883	0
Equity Method Investment, Controlling Interest in Income (Loss) of Subsidiary	0	0
Equity (income) loss in investee	(3,599)	0
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable	7,490	(86,765)
Due to/from affiliates	(8,581)	746
Inventories	(238,437)	4,035
Prepaid expense and other current assets	(28,299)	(28,142)
Accounts payable	(188,813)	72,966
Accrued expenses	183,139	18,167
Deferred revenue	(9,589)	(889)
Other assets and liabilities	(25,942)	(2,200)
Net cash used in operations	(304,624)	(43,221)
Cash flows from investing activities:
Expenditures for property, plant and equipment	(95,676)	(42,731)
Expenditures for deferred turnaround costs	(64,371)	(82,747)
Expenditures for other assets	(14,847)	(17,163)
Chalmette Acquisition working capital settlement	0	(2,659)
Net cash used in investing activities	(174,894)	(145,300)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Distribution to members	0	(30,829)
Repayment of affiliate notes payable	0	(517)
Proceeds from revolver borrowings	200,000	0
Repayments of Lines of Credit	200,000	0
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities	70,358	(31,346)
Proceeds from members' capital contributions	(72,000)	0
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents	(409,160)	(219,867)
Cash and equivalents, beginning of period	626,705	914,749
Cash and equivalents, end of period	217,545	694,882
Issuer [Member]
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income	(65,540)	(98,428)
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization	3,914	3,884
Stock-based compensation	0	0
Change in fair value of catalyst lease obligations	0	0
Deferred income taxes	0	0
Non-cash lower of cost or market inventory adjustment	16,039	(78,159)
Non-cash change in inventory repurchase obligations	(23,124)	0
Pension and other post retirement benefit costs	1,651	1,732
Income (Loss) from Equity Method Investments, Net of Dividends or Distributions	0
Gain (Loss) on Disposition of Property Plant Equipment	0
Equity Method Investment, Controlling Interest in Income (Loss) of Subsidiary	365,129	392,593
Equity (income) loss in investee	0
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable	21,546	(97,973)
Due to/from affiliates	(580,598)	(412,569)
Inventories	(213,072)	55,526
Prepaid expense and other current assets	992	(6,227)
Accounts payable	(160,331)	35,441
Accrued expenses	196,138	(119)
Deferred revenue	(9,575)	(889)
Other assets and liabilities	(14,962)	(41)
Net cash used in operations	(461,793)	(205,229)
Cash flows from investing activities:
Expenditures for property, plant and equipment	(527)	(5,466)
Expenditures for deferred turnaround costs	0	0
Expenditures for other assets	0	0
Chalmette Acquisition working capital settlement		0
Net cash used in investing activities	(527)	(5,466)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Distribution to members		(30,829)
Repayment of affiliate notes payable		(517)
Proceeds from revolver borrowings	200,000
Repayments of Lines of Credit	200,000
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities	66,547	(31,346)
Proceeds from members' capital contributions	(72,000)
Repayments of Rail Facility revolver borrowings	5,453
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents	(395,773)	(242,041)
Cash and equivalents, beginning of period	530,085	882,820
Cash and equivalents, end of period	134,312	640,779
Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income	(365,129)	(369,221)
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization	52,054	50,700
Stock-based compensation	5,345	2,621
Change in fair value of catalyst lease obligations	2,588	2,885
Deferred income taxes	0	0
Non-cash lower of cost or market inventory adjustment	0	19,096
Non-cash change in inventory repurchase obligations	0	35,147
Pension and other post retirement benefit costs	8,909	5,948
Income (Loss) from Equity Method Investments, Net of Dividends or Distributions	0
Gain (Loss) on Disposition of Property Plant Equipment	883
Equity Method Investment, Controlling Interest in Income (Loss) of Subsidiary	553	0
Equity (income) loss in investee	0
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable	1,136	6,717
Due to/from affiliates	520,234	416,735
Inventories	0	(28,387)
Prepaid expense and other current assets	(29,222)	(22,016)
Accounts payable	(25,872)	37,120
Accrued expenses	(14,993)	(3,661)
Deferred revenue	(26)	0
Other assets and liabilities	(7,752)	(3,511)
Net cash used in operations	148,708	150,173
Cash flows from investing activities:
Expenditures for property, plant and equipment	(94,955)	(37,260)
Expenditures for deferred turnaround costs	(64,371)	(82,747)
Expenditures for other assets	(14,847)	(17,163)
Chalmette Acquisition working capital settlement		(2,659)
Net cash used in investing activities	(174,173)	(139,829)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Distribution to members		0
Repayment of affiliate notes payable		0
Proceeds from revolver borrowings	0
Repayments of Lines of Credit	0
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities	5,453	0
Proceeds from members' capital contributions	0
Repayments of Rail Facility revolver borrowings	(5,453)
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents	(20,012)	10,344
Cash and equivalents, beginning of period	56,717	6,236
Cash and equivalents, end of period	36,705	16,580
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income	(553)	(23,372)
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization	1,901	1,948
Stock-based compensation	0	0
Change in fair value of catalyst lease obligations	0	0
Deferred income taxes	(38)	31,487
Non-cash lower of cost or market inventory adjustment	0	0
Non-cash change in inventory repurchase obligations	0	0
Pension and other post retirement benefit costs	0	0
Income (Loss) from Equity Method Investments, Net of Dividends or Distributions	174
Gain (Loss) on Disposition of Property Plant Equipment	0
Equity Method Investment, Controlling Interest in Income (Loss) of Subsidiary	0	0
Equity (income) loss in investee	(3,599)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable	(15,192)	4,491
Due to/from affiliates	51,783	(3,420)
Inventories	(25,365)	(23,104)
Prepaid expense and other current assets	(69)	101
Accounts payable	(4,073)	(577)
Accrued expenses	1,994	21,947
Deferred revenue	12	0
Other assets and liabilities	(3,228)	1,352
Net cash used in operations	6,998	10,853
Cash flows from investing activities:
Expenditures for property, plant and equipment	(194)	(5)
Expenditures for deferred turnaround costs	0	0
Expenditures for other assets	0	0
Chalmette Acquisition working capital settlement		0
Net cash used in investing activities	(194)	(5)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Distribution to members		0
Repayment of affiliate notes payable		0
Proceeds from revolver borrowings	0
Repayments of Lines of Credit	0
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities	(1,642)	0
Proceeds from members' capital contributions	0
Repayments of Rail Facility revolver borrowings	0
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents	5,162	10,848
Cash and equivalents, beginning of period	41,366	28,968
Cash and equivalents, end of period	46,528	39,816
PBF Holding Company LLC [Member]
Cash flows from financing activities:
Repayments of Rail Facility revolver borrowings	0
Consolidation, Eliminations [Member]
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income	365,682	392,593
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization	0	0
Stock-based compensation	0	0
Change in fair value of catalyst lease obligations	0	0
Deferred income taxes	0	0
Non-cash lower of cost or market inventory adjustment	0	0
Non-cash change in inventory repurchase obligations	0	0
Pension and other post retirement benefit costs	0	0
Income (Loss) from Equity Method Investments, Net of Dividends or Distributions	0
Gain (Loss) on Disposition of Property Plant Equipment	0
Equity Method Investment, Controlling Interest in Income (Loss) of Subsidiary	(365,682)	(392,593)
Equity (income) loss in investee	0
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable	0	0
Due to/from affiliates	0	0
Inventories	0	0
Prepaid expense and other current assets	0	0
Accounts payable	1,463	982
Accrued expenses	0	0
Deferred revenue	0	0
Other assets and liabilities	0	0
Net cash used in operations	1,463	982
Cash flows from investing activities:
Expenditures for property, plant and equipment	0	0
Expenditures for deferred turnaround costs	0	0
Expenditures for other assets	0	0
Chalmette Acquisition working capital settlement		0
Net cash used in investing activities	0	0
Cash flows from financing activities:
Distribution to members		0
Repayment of affiliate notes payable		0
Proceeds from revolver borrowings	0
Repayments of Lines of Credit	0
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities	0	0
Proceeds from members' capital contributions	0
Repayments of Rail Facility revolver borrowings	0
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents	1,463	982
Cash and equivalents, beginning of period	(1,463)	(3,275)
Cash and equivalents, end of period	0	$ (2,293)
Rail Term Loan [Member]
Cash flows from financing activities:
Repayments of Debt	(1,642)
Rail Term Loan [Member] | Issuer [Member]
Cash flows from financing activities:
Repayments of Debt	0
Rail Term Loan [Member] | Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Cash flows from financing activities:
Repayments of Debt	0
Rail Term Loan [Member] | Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Cash flows from financing activities:
Repayments of Debt	(1,642)
Rail Term Loan [Member] | Consolidation, Eliminations [Member]
Cash flows from financing activities:
Repayments of Debt	$ 0