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Exercise price per share or per unit of warrants or rights outstanding.

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Unrecognized cost of unvested share-based compensation awards.

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Weighted average period over which unrecognized compensation is expected to be recognized for equity-based compensation plans, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Estimated period over which an employee is required to provide service in exchange for the equity-based payment award, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Period which an employee's right to exercise an award is no longer contingent on satisfaction of either a service condition, market condition or a performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Amount of accumulated difference between fair value of underlying shares on dates of exercise and exercise price on options exercised (or share units converted) into shares.

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Gross number of share options (or share units) granted during the period.

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The weighted average grant-date fair value of options granted during the reporting period as calculated by applying the disclosed option pricing methodology.

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Amount by which the current fair value of the underlying stock exceeds the exercise price of options outstanding.

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Percentage of vesting of share-based compensation awards.

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Period from grant date that an equity-based award expires, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION (Additional Information) (Details) - USD ($)		1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2018	Oct. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
PBF Energy [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Granted in period (in shares)			2,500,742	1,638,075	1,792,000
PBF Energy [Member] \| Employee Stock Option [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Total estimated fair value, granted in period			$ 23,892,000	$ 10,913,000
Weighted average fair value per unit (in dollars per share)			$ 9.55	$ 6.66
Total intrinsic value of stock options outstanding	$ 36,523,000		$ 36,523,000	$ 56,656,000
Total intrinsic value of stock options exercisable	19,355,000		19,355,000	23,665,000
Total intrinsic value of stock options exercised during period			12,445,000	$ 2,365,000
Unrecognized compensation expense	33,162,000		$ 33,162,000
PBF Energy [Member] \| Restricted Stock [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Granted in period (in shares)			58,830	762,425	360,820
Unrecognized compensation expense	10,280,000		$ 10,280,000
PBF Energy [Member] \| Performance share units [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Award Requisite Service Period		3 years
Unrecognized compensation expense	8,303,000		8,303,000
PBF Energy [Member] \| Performance Units [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-based compensation, Performance Unit, Payout	$ 1.00		$ 1.00
Share-Based Compensation, Performance Unit, Payout, Percentage Of Target	20000.00%		20000.00%
Unrecognized compensation expense	$ 6,182,000		$ 6,182,000
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Nonvested Awards, Compensation Cost Not yet Recognized, Period for Recognition	2 years
PBF LLC [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Total intrinsic value of stock options outstanding	$ 5,290,000		5,290,000	$ 12,016,000
Total intrinsic value of stock options exercised during period			7,487,000	2,301,000	$ 461,000
Unrecognized compensation expense	$ 0		$ 0	$ 0
PBF LLC [Member] \| Series A Units [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Granted in period (in shares)			0	0	0
Exercise price per unit (in dollars per share)					$ 10.00
Warrants exercised in period (in shares)			19,400	0
Non-compensatory warrants outstanding (in shares)	13,319		13,319	32,719
PBF LLC [Member] \| Series B Units [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting rights percentage			25.00%
Vesting period			3 years
PBF LLC [Member] \| Warrant [Member] \| Series A Units [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting rights percentage			25.00%
Vesting period			3 years
Expiration period			10 years
PBF LLC [Member] \| Employee Stock Option [Member] \| Series A Units [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting rights percentage			33.30%
Expiration period			10 years
PBF Energy Inc. [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting period			4 years
Expiration period			10 years
Minimum [Member] \| PBF Energy [Member] \| Performance share units [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement By Share-Based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other Than Options, Distribution Percentage Based On Performance Measurements			0.00%
Maximum [Member] \| PBF Energy [Member] \| Performance share units [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement By Share-Based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other Than Options, Distribution Percentage Based On Performance Measurements			20000.00%
Maximum [Member] \| PBF Energy [Member] \| Performance Units [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-based compensation, Performance Unit, Payout	$ 2.00		$ 2.00