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Income Taxes - (Benefit) Provision for Income Taxes (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Current
Federal	$ 3,842us-gaap_CurrentFederalTaxExpenseBenefit	$ (72)us-gaap_CurrentFederalTaxExpenseBenefit	$ 618us-gaap_CurrentFederalTaxExpenseBenefit
State	1,842us-gaap_CurrentStateAndLocalTaxExpenseBenefit	(2)us-gaap_CurrentStateAndLocalTaxExpenseBenefit	551us-gaap_CurrentStateAndLocalTaxExpenseBenefit
Current, total	5,684us-gaap_CurrentIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	(74)us-gaap_CurrentIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	1,169us-gaap_CurrentIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Deferred
Federal	0us-gaap_DeferredFederalIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	(97,410)us-gaap_DeferredFederalIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	(6,447)us-gaap_DeferredFederalIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
State	0us-gaap_DeferredStateAndLocalIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	(2,878)us-gaap_DeferredStateAndLocalIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	(539)us-gaap_DeferredStateAndLocalIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Deferred, total	0us-gaap_DeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	(100,288)us-gaap_DeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	(6,986)us-gaap_DeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Total provision (benefit)	5,684us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	(100,362)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	(5,817)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Less: income tax provision attributable to noncontrolling interest	308sd_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefitAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest	304sd_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefitAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest	109sd_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefitAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest
Total provision (benefit) attributable to SandRidge Energy, Inc.	$ 5,376sd_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefitAttributableToParent	$ (100,666)sd_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefitAttributableToParent	$ (5,926)sd_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefitAttributableToParent

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