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Income Taxes (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

(Benefit) Provision for Income Taxes

The provision (benefit) for income taxes consisted of the following components for three-month periods ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2013				2012
Current
Federal	$	4,359			$	(83	)
State	70				154
	4,429				71
Deferred
Federal	—				—
State	—				—
	—				—
Total provision	4,429				71
Less: income tax provision attributable to noncontrolling interest	75				90
Total provision (benefit) attributable to SandRidge Energy, Inc.	$	4,354			$	(19	)

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Tabular disclosure of the components of income tax expense attributable to continuing operations for each year presented including, but not limited to: current tax expense (benefit), deferred tax expense (benefit), investment tax credits, government grants, the benefits of operating loss carryforwards, tax expense that results from allocating certain tax benefits either directly to contributed capital or to reduce goodwill or other noncurrent intangible assets of an acquired entity, adjustments of a deferred tax liability or asset for enacted changes in tax laws or rates or a change in the tax status of the entity, and adjustments of the beginning-of-the-year balances of a valuation allowance because of a change in circumstances that causes a change in judgment about the realizability of the related deferred tax asset in future years.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 740

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 9

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6907707&loc=d3e32639-109319

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