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IDR, Maximum Percentage Distribution

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Limited Partners' Capital Account, Ownership Percentage

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Number Of Refined Product Terminals Acquired

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Partners' Capital Account, Units, Conversion Ratio To Common Units

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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 outflow associated with the acquisition of long-lived, physical assets that are used in the normal conduct of business to produce goods and services and not intended for resale; includes cash outflows to pay for construction of self-constructed assets.

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Amount of cash inflow from contractual arrangement with the lender, including but not limited to, letter of credit, standby letter of credit and revolving credit arrangements.

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The cash inflow associated with the aggregate amount received by the entity through sale or maturity of marketable securities (held-to-maturity or available-for-sale) during the period.

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PBF LOGISTICS LP (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands		6 Months Ended
	Apr. 16, 2018 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2018 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Jun. 30, 2017 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017	Jun. 01, 2017 shares
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Payments to Acquire Property, Plant, and Equipment		$ 115,690	$ 220,446
Ownership percentage		100.00%		100.00%
Maturities of marketable securities		$ 0	115,060
Proceeds from revolver borrowings		$ 0	290,000
PBF Logistics LP [Member]
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
IDR maximum percentage distribution		50.00%
IDR, Distribution in Excess (in shares) \| $ / shares		$ 0.345
Partners' Capital Account, Units, Conversion Ratio To Common Units (in shares) \| shares					1
PBF LLC [Member]
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Payments to Acquire Property, Plant, and Equipment		$ 115,690	220,446
Maturities of marketable securities		0	115,060
Proceeds from revolver borrowings		$ 0	$ 290,000
Limited Partner [Member] \| Public Unit Holders [Member]
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Ownership percentage		56.10%		55.90%
Limited Partner [Member] \| PBF LLC [Member]
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Ownership percentage		43.90%		44.10%
Limited Partner [Member] \| Common Units [Member] \| PBF LLC [Member]
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Partner capital units held (in shares) \| shares		18,459,497
Knoxville Terminals Purchase [Member]
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Payments to Acquire Property, Plant, and Equipment	$ 58,000
Number Of Refined Product Terminals Acquired	2