Number Of Lease Agreements Entered Into

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Amount, before unamortized (discount) premium and debt issuance costs, of long-term debt. Includes, but is not limited to, notes payable, bonds payable, commercial loans, mortgage loans, convertible debt, subordinated debt and other types of debt.

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Amount of the fee that accompanies borrowing money under the debt instrument.

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

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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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Amount, after unamortized (discount) premium and debt issuance costs, of long-term debt. Includes, but not limited to, notes payable, bonds payable, debentures, mortgage loans and commercial paper. Excludes capital lease obligations.

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Amount of long-term debt and capital leases due within one year or the normal operating cycle, if longer.

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Amount after unamortized (discount) premium and debt issuance costs of long-term debt classified as noncurrent and excluding amounts to be repaid within one year or the normal operating cycle, if longer. Includes, but not limited to, notes payable, bonds payable, debentures, mortgage loans and commercial paper. Excludes capital lease obligations.

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The remaining balance of debt issuance expenses that were capitalized and are being amortized against income over the lives of the respective bond issues. This does not include the amounts capitalized as part of the cost of the utility plant or asset.

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CREDIT FACILITY AND LONG-TERM DEBT (Summary of Long-Term Debt) (Details)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($) agreement	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Dec. 22, 2016 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term Debt, Gross	$ 1,290,907,000	$ 1,662,414,000
Less—Current debt	(2,378,000)	(10,987,000)
Unamortized Debt Issuance Expense	(30,537,000)	(25,178,000)
Long-term Debt, Excluding Current Maturities	$ 1,257,992,000	1,626,249,000
Annual interest rate	2.15%
Number Of Bridge Catalyst Leases Entered Into \| agreement	3
Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term Line of Credit		350,000,000
Line of Credit [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term Line of Credit	$ 0	350,000,000
2025 Senior Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term Debt	725,000,000	725,000,000
2023 Senior Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term Debt	500,000,000	500,000,000
PBF Rail Logistics Company LLC [Member] \| Notes Payable to Banks [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term Debt	21,554,000	28,366,000	$ 35,000,000
Paulsboro Catalyst Lease [Member] \| Capital Lease Obligations [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Annual lease fee	$ 140,000
Annual interest rate	2.20%
Delaware City Catalyst Lease [Member] \| Capital Lease Obligations [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Annual lease fee	$ 210,000
Annual interest rate	1.95%
Delaware City Catalyst Lease - Palladium [Member] \| Capital Lease Obligations [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Annual lease fee	$ 30,000
Annual interest rate	2.05%
Delaware City Catalyst Lease - Bridge [Member] \| Capital Lease Obligations [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Annual lease fee	$ 26,000
Annual interest rate	2.10%
Toledo Catalyst Lease [Member] \| Capital Lease Obligations [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Annual lease fee	$ 178,000
Annual interest rate	1.75%
Toledo Catalyst Lease - Bridge [Member] \| Capital Lease Obligations [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Annual lease fee	$ 22,000
Annual interest rate	2.10%
Chalmette Catalyst Lease [Member] \| Capital Lease Obligations [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Annual lease fee	$ 97,000
Annual interest rate	2.10%
Chalmette Catalyst Lease 2019 [Member] \| Capital Lease Obligations [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Annual lease fee	$ 171,000
Annual interest rate	2.20%
Chalmette Catalyst Lease - Bridge [Member] \| Capital Lease Obligations [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Annual lease fee	$ 4,000
Torrance Catalyst Lease [Member] \| Capital Lease Obligations [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Annual lease fee	$ 143,000
Annual interest rate	1.78%
Level 2 [Member] \| Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] \| Catalyst Lease Obligation [Member] \| Capital Lease Obligations [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term Debt	$ 44,353,000	$ 59,048,000