DESCRIPTION OF THE BUSINESS AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION (Details)		12 Months Ended
May 14, 2014 shares	Dec. 31, 2018 segment
Description of Business [Line Items]
Number of Reportable Segments \| segment		1
Percentage of ownership in PBF LLC		100.00%
PBF Energy Inc. [Member] \| Class A Common Stock [Member]
Description of Business [Line Items]
Percentage of ownership in PBF LLC		99.00%
PBF Logistics LP [Member] \| IPO [Member] \| Common Units [Member]
Description of Business [Line Items]
Partners' Capital Account, Units, Sold in Public Offering \| shares	15,812,500

The number of units sold in a public offering of each class of partners' capital account. Units represent shares of ownership of the general, limited, and preferred partners.

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

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 505
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 5
-Subparagraph (SAB Topic 4.F)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=27012166&loc=d3e187171-122770

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