RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS (Details)														3 Months Ended			9 Months Ended
	Nov. 01, 2017 bbl renewal	Aug. 03, 2017 dekatherm_per_day	Feb. 15, 2017 renewal	Nov. 01, 2016 bbl / d	Aug. 31, 2016 bbl / d bbl renewal	May 01, 2016 bbl / d	May 15, 2015 renewal	May 14, 2015 bbl / d	Dec. 11, 2014 bbl / d bbl renewal	Oct. 01, 2014 bbl / d	Sep. 30, 2014 renewal	May 14, 2014 bbl / d renewal	Jan. 24, 2013 bbl	Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2017	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($) renewal	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($)
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Consideration transferred | $																	$ 0	$ 971,932,000
Number of Contract Renewals | renewal																	2
Term of Renewal																	5 years
Torrance Valley Pipeline Transportation Services Agreement [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Number of Contract Renewals | renewal					2
Term of Renewal					5 years
Torrance Valley Pipeline Transportation Services Agreement [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Term of Agreement					10 years
DCR Terminaling Agreement [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Term of Agreement												7 years 8 months
Number of Contract Renewals | renewal												2
Term of Renewal												5 years
Delaware City Products Pipeline - Magellan [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Term of Agreement				2 years 5 months
Delaware Truck Loading Services Agreement [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Term of Agreement							10 years 8 months
Number of Contract Renewals | renewal							2
Term of Renewal							5 years
Toledo Terminaling Agreement [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Term of Agreement												7 years 8 months
Number of Contract Renewals | renewal												2
Term of Renewal												5 years
West Ladder Rack Terminaling Agreement [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Term of Agreement											7 years 3 months
Number of Contract Renewals | renewal											2
Term of Renewal											5 years
Toledo Tank Farm Storage and Terminaling Agreement [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Term of Agreement									10 years
Number of Contract Renewals | renewal									2
Term of Renewal									5 years
Delaware City Pipeline Services Agreement [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Term of Agreement							10 years 8 months
Number of Contract Renewals | renewal							2
Term of Renewal							5 years
Toledo Tank Farm Storage and Terminaling Agreement [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Term of Agreement			20 years
Number of Contract Renewals | renewal			2
Term of Renewal			10 years
PBFX Operating Company LP [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related party transaction, amounts of transaction | $																	$ 11,600,000
PBF Logistics LP [Member] | Cost of Sales [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related party transaction, amounts of transaction | $														$ 62,359,000		$ 43,842,000	176,916,000	118,356,000
PBF Logistics LP [Member] | General and Administrative Expense [Member] | Omnibus Agreement [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related party transaction, amounts of transaction | $														1,890,000		1,201,000	5,174,000	3,460,000
PBF Logistics LP [Member] | General and Administrative Expense [Member] | Services Agreement [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related party transaction, amounts of transaction | $														$ 1,639,000		$ 1,280,000	4,918,000	$ 3,523,000
PBF Logistics LP [Member] | Paulsboro Natural Gas Pipeline [Member] | Paulsboro Natural Gas Pipeline Transportation Services Agreement [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Term of Agreement		15 years
Oil And Gas Plant, Maximum Storage Capacity | dekatherm_per_day		60,000
PBF Logistics LP [Member] | Delaware City Products Pipeline [Member] | Delaware City Pipeline Services Agreement [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Oil And Gas Plant, Collaborative Agreement, Minimum Throughput Capacity								50,000
PBF Logistics LP [Member] | Delaware City Products Pipeline - Magellan [Member] | Delaware City Pipeline Services Agreement [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Oil And Gas Plant, Collaborative Agreement, Minimum Throughput Capacity				14,500
PBF Logistics LP [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						15,000
Oil And Gas Plant, Maximum Storage Capacity | bbl													350,000
PBF Logistics LP [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					50,000
PBF Logistics LP [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					70,000
PBF Logistics LP [Member] | Torrance Valley Pipeline - Midway Tank [Member] | Torrance Valley Pipeline Transportation Services Agreement [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Oil And Gas Plant, Maximum Storage Capacity | bbl					55,000
PBF Logistics LP [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					770,000
PBF Logistics LP [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					900,000
PBF Logistics LP [Member] | Delaware City Rail Unloading Terminal [Member] | DCR Terminaling Agreement [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Oil And Gas Plant, Collaborative Agreement, Minimum Throughput Capacity												85,000
PBF Logistics LP [Member] | Toledo Truck Unloading Terminal [Member] | Toledo Terminaling Agreement [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Oil And Gas Plant, Collaborative Agreement, Minimum Throughput Capacity												5,500
PBF Logistics LP [Member] | Delaware City West Heavy Crude Unloading Rack [Member] | West Ladder Rack Terminaling Agreement [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Oil And Gas Plant, Collaborative Agreement, Minimum Throughput Capacity										40,000
PBF Logistics LP [Member] | Toledo Tank Farm [Member] | Toledo Tank Farm Storage and Terminaling Agreement [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Oil And Gas Plant, Collaborative Agreement, Minimum Throughput Capacity									4,400
Oil And Gas Plant, Maximum Storage Capacity | bbl									3,849,271
PBF Logistics LP [Member] | Toledo Terminal [Member] | East Coast Terminals commercial agreements [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Term of Agreement						1 year
PBF LLC [Member] | Fourth Amended and Restated Omnibus Agreement [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related party transaction, annual fee | $																	6,900,000
PBF LLC [Member] | Fifth Amended and Restated O&M Agreement [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related party transaction, annual fee | $																	$ 6,696,000
Refined Clean Product [Member] | PBF Logistics LP [Member] | Delaware City Truck Rack [Member] | Delaware City Terminaling Services Agreement [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Oil And Gas Plant, Collaborative Agreement, Minimum Throughput Capacity								30,000
LPGs [Member] | PBF Logistics LP [Member] | Delaware City Truck Rack [Member] | Delaware City Terminaling Services Agreement [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Oil And Gas Plant, Collaborative Agreement, Minimum Throughput Capacity								5,000
Minimum [Member] | East Coast Terminals [Member] | East Coast Terminals commercial agreements [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Term of Agreement															1 year
Maximum [Member] | East Coast Terminals [Member] | East Coast Terminals commercial agreements [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Term of Agreement															5 years
Torrance Valley Pipeline Company [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Ownership percentage														50.00%			50.00%
Subsequent Event [Member] | Chalmette Storage Agreement [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Term of Agreement	10 years
Number of Contract Renewals | renewal	2
Term of Renewal	5 years
Scenario, Forecast [Member] | PBF Logistics LP [Member] | Chalmette Storage Tank [Member] | Chalmette Storage Agreement [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Oil And Gas Plant, Maximum Storage Capacity | bbl	625,000