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RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS (Details) $ in Millions					3 Months Ended
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS (Details) $ in Millions	Jan. 01, 2022 bbl	Jan. 01, 2019 bbl / d	Apr. 16, 2018	May 08, 2014 bbl / d	Mar. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2018 USD ($)
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Number of Contract Renewals					2
Term of Renewal					5 years
PBF Logistics LP [Member] \| Cost of Sales [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related party transaction, amounts of transaction					$ 71.3	$ 60.9
PBF Logistics LP [Member] \| Amended and Restated Rail Agreement [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Term of Agreement				7 years 8 months
Oil And Gas Plant, Collaborative Agreement, Minimum Throughput Capacity \| bbl / d				125,000
PBF Logistics LP [Member] \| Delaware City Pipeline Services Agreement [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Term of Agreement			2 years 5 months
PBF Logistics LP [Member] \| Delaware City Terminaling Services Agreement [Member] \| Scenario, Forecast [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Term of Agreement	4 years
Number of Contract Renewals	2
Term of Renewal	5 years
Oil And Gas Plant, Maximum Storage Capacity \| bbl	95,000
PBF Logistics LP [Member] \| Omnibus Agreement [Member] \| General and Administrative Expense [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related party transaction, amounts of transaction					1.8	1.7
PBF Logistics LP [Member] \| Services Agreement [Member] \| General and Administrative Expense [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related party transaction, amounts of transaction					$ 2.1	$ 1.7
PBF Logistics LP [Member] \| East Coast Storage Assets Terminal Storage Agreement [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Term of Agreement		8 years
Oil And Gas Plant, Maximum Storage Capacity \| bbl / d		2,953,725