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Income Taxes - Reconciliation of Provision (Benefit) for Income Taxes at Statutory Federal Tax Rate to Company's Actual Income Tax Benefit (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2013 | Dec. 31, 2012 | Dec. 31, 2011
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |  |  |
Computed at federal statutory rate | $ (178,078)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationIncomeTaxExpenseBenefitAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate | $ 51,173 us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationIncomeTaxExpenseBenefitAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate | $ 54,800 us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationIncomeTaxExpenseBenefitAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate
State taxes, net of federal benefit | (886)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes | 8,913 us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes | 5,231 us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes
Non-deductible expenses | 2,589 us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationNondeductibleExpense | 7,247 us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationNondeductibleExpense | 6,394 us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationNondeductibleExpense
Stock-based compensation | 7,611 us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationNondeductibleExpenseShareBasedCompensationCost | 7,172 us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationNondeductibleExpenseShareBasedCompensationCost | 8,229 us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationNondeductibleExpenseShareBasedCompensationCost
Net effects of consolidating the non-controlling interests’ tax provisions | (13,901)sd_IncomeTaxReconciliationTaxesAttributableToNoncontrollingInterests | (37,047)sd_IncomeTaxReconciliationTaxesAttributableToNoncontrollingInterests | (19,120)sd_IncomeTaxReconciliationTaxesAttributableToNoncontrollingInterests
Bargain purchase gain | 0 sd_IncomeTaxReconciliationTaxesAttributableToBargainPurchaseGain | (42,944)sd_IncomeTaxReconciliationTaxesAttributableToBargainPurchaseGain | 0 sd_IncomeTaxReconciliationTaxesAttributableToBargainPurchaseGain
Impairment of non-deductible goodwill | 0 us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationNondeductibleExpenseImpairmentLosses | 71,885 us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationNondeductibleExpenseImpairmentLosses | 0 us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationNondeductibleExpenseImpairmentLosses
Change in valuation allowance | 188,599 us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationChangeInDeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance | (66,429)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationChangeInDeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance | (51,631)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationChangeInDeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance
Valuation allowance release | 0 sd_IncomeTaxReconciliationChangeinDeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowanceRelease | (100,288)sd_IncomeTaxReconciliationChangeinDeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowanceRelease | (5,290)sd_IncomeTaxReconciliationChangeinDeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowanceRelease
Other | (558)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationOtherAdjustments | (348)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationOtherAdjustments | (4,539)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationOtherAdjustments
Total provision (benefit) attributable to SandRidge Energy, Inc. | $ 5,376 sd_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefitAttributableToParent | $ (100,666)sd_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefitAttributableToParent | $ (5,926)sd_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefitAttributableToParent

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