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Oil And Gas Plant, Unloading Capacity

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Value of equity interests (such as common shares, preferred shares, or partnership interest) issued or issuable to acquire the entity.

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Amount of consideration transferred, consisting of acquisition-date fair value of assets transferred by the acquirer, liabilities incurred by the acquirer, and equity interest issued by the acquirer.

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The number of each class of partnership units outstanding at the balance sheet date. Units represent shares of ownership of the general, limited, and preferred partners.

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The cash inflow from the sale of property, plant and equipment (capital expenditures), software, and other intangible assets.

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PBF LOGISTICS LP DCR WEST RACK (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended			0 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
PBF LOGISTICS LP DCR WEST RACK (Details) (USD $)	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 11, 2014	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2014	Oct. 01, 2014	May 14, 2014
Proceeds from sale of assets	$ 202,654,000	$ 102,428,000	$ 3,381,000
Limited Partners' Capital Account, Ownership Percentage				100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.0331%
PBF Logistics LP [Member] \| Partnership [Member]
Business Acquisition, Equity Interest Issued or Issuable, Number of Shares				620,935	589,536
PBF Logistics LP [Member] \| Partnership [Member] \| Delaware City West Heavy Crude Unloading Rack [Member]
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred				150,000,000	150,000,000
Proceeds from sale of assets				135,000,000	135,000,000
Common Units [Member] \| PBF Logistics LP [Member] \| Partnership [Member] \| Delaware City West Heavy Crude Unloading Rack [Member]
Business Acquisition, Equity Interest Issued or Issuable, Value Assigned				15,000,000	15,000,000	15,000,000
PBF Logistics LP [Member] \| Delaware City West Heavy Crude Unloading Rack [Member]
Oil And Gas Plant, Unloading Capacity	40,000					40,000
Limited Partner [Member] \| PBF LLC [Member]
Limited Partners' Capital Account, Ownership Percentage				52.10%	51.10%	51.10%	52.10%	50.20%
Limited Partner [Member] \| Common Units [Member] \| PBF LLC [Member]
Partners' Capital Account, Units				1,284,524	663,589	663,589		74,053
Limited Partner [Member] \| Subordinated Units [Member] \| PBF LLC [Member]
Partners' Capital Account, Units				15,886,553	15,886,553	15,886,553		15,886,553