RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS (Details) bbl / d in Thousands, bbl in Thousands, $ in Thousands			3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		36 Months Ended
	Jul. 31, 2018 USD ($) Railcars_per_day bbl / d shares	Apr. 16, 2018 USD ($) bbl	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($)	May 08, 2017 bbl / d
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Term of Renewal					5 years
Number of Contract Renewals					2
Development Assets Acquisition [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Stock Issued During Period, Value, New Issues	$ 31,586
Stock Issued During Period, Shares, New Issues | shares	1,494,134
PBF Logistics LP [Member] | Amended and Restated Rail Agreement [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Term of Agreement							7 years 8 months
Term of Renewal							5 years
Number of Contract Renewals							2
Oil And Gas Plant, Collaborative Agreement, Minimum Throughput Capacity | bbl / d							125
PBF Logistics LP [Member] | Omnibus Agreement [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related Party Transaction, Annual Fee					$ 7,000
PBF Logistics LP [Member] | Services Agreement [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related Party Transaction, Annual Fee					8,587
PBF Logistics LP [Member] | Toledo Rail Loading Agreement [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Term of Agreement	7 years 5 months
Term of Renewal	5 years
Number of Contract Renewals	2
Oil and Gas Plant, Collaborative Agreement, Maximum Throughput Capacity | Railcars_per_day	50
PBF Logistics LP [Member] | Chalmette Terminal Throughput Agreement [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Term of Agreement	1 year
PBF Logistics LP [Member] | Chalmette Rail Unloading Agreement [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Term of Agreement	7 years 5 months
Term of Renewal	5 years
Number of Contract Renewals	2
Oil And Gas Plant, Collaborative Agreement, Minimum Throughput Capacity | bbl / d	8
PBF Logistics LP [Member] | DSL Ethanol Throughput Agreement [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Term of Agreement	7 years 5 months
Term of Renewal	5 years
Number of Contract Renewals	2
Oil And Gas Plant, Collaborative Agreement, Minimum Throughput Capacity | bbl / d	5
PBF Logistics LP [Member] | Cost of Sales [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related party transaction, amounts of transaction			$ 66,140	$ 62,359	190,789	$ 176,916
PBF Logistics LP [Member] | General and Administrative Expense [Member] | Omnibus Agreement [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related party transaction, amounts of transaction			1,927	1,890	5,364	5,174
PBF Logistics LP [Member] | General and Administrative Expense [Member] | Services Agreement [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related party transaction, amounts of transaction			$ 1,979	$ 1,639	$ 5,327	$ 4,918
Knoxville Terminals [Member] | PBF Logistics LP [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Term of Agreement		5 years
Oil And Gas Plant, Maximum Storage Capacity | bbl		115
Agreement Period Three [Member] | Knoxville Terminals [Member] | PBF Logistics LP [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Oil and Gas Plant, Collaborative Agreement, Minimum Revenue Commitment		2,683
Agreement Period Two [Member] | Knoxville Terminals [Member] | PBF Logistics LP [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Oil and Gas Plant, Collaborative Agreement, Minimum Revenue Commitment		1,788
Agreement Period One [Member] | Knoxville Terminals [Member] | PBF Logistics LP [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Oil and Gas Plant, Collaborative Agreement, Minimum Revenue Commitment		894
Premium Product [Member] | PBF Logistics LP [Member] | Toledo Rail Loading Agreement [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Oil And Gas Plant, Collaborative Agreement, Minimum Throughput Capacity | Railcars_per_day	11.500
Product [Member] | PBF Logistics LP [Member] | Toledo Rail Loading Agreement [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Oil And Gas Plant, Collaborative Agreement, Minimum Throughput Capacity | Railcars_per_day	30