Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (USD $) In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014
Income Statement [Abstract]
Revenues	$ 2,995,136	$ 4,746,443
Cost and expenses:
Cost of sales, excluding depreciation	2,502,215	4,147,684
Operating expenses, excluding depreciation	237,118	268,899
General and administrative expenses	36,046	36,624
Gain on sale of assets	(359)	(186)
Depreciation and amortization expense	47,706	33,215
Total cost and expenses	2,822,726	4,486,236
Income from operations	172,410	260,207
Other income (expenses):
Change in fair value of catalyst leases	2,039	(2,001)
Interest expense, net	(22,192)	(25,255)
Income before income taxes	152,257	232,951
Income tax expense	49,138	49,679
Net income	103,119	183,272
Less: net income attributable to noncontrolling interests	15,798	105,828
Net income attributable to PBF Energy Inc.	$ 87,321	$ 77,444
Basic (in shares)	84,278,071	54,167,861
Denominator for diluted net income per common share-adjusted weighted average shares	91,669,101	54,691,627
Basic (in dollars per share)	$ 1.04	$ 1.43
Diluted (in dollars per share)	$ 1.00	$ 1.42
Dividends per common share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.30	$ 0.30