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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
	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]
Computed at federal statutory rate	$ (178,078)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationIncomeTaxExpenseBenefitAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate	$ 51,173us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationIncomeTaxExpenseBenefitAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate	$ 54,800us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationIncomeTaxExpenseBenefitAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate
State taxes, net of federal benefit	(886)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes	8,913us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes	5,231us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes
Non-deductible expenses	2,589us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationNondeductibleExpense	7,247us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationNondeductibleExpense	6,394us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationNondeductibleExpense
Stock-based compensation	7,611us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationNondeductibleExpenseShareBasedCompensationCost	7,172us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationNondeductibleExpenseShareBasedCompensationCost	8,229us-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	0sd_IncomeTaxReconciliationTaxesAttributableToBargainPurchaseGain	(42,944)sd_IncomeTaxReconciliationTaxesAttributableToBargainPurchaseGain	0sd_IncomeTaxReconciliationTaxesAttributableToBargainPurchaseGain
Impairment of non-deductible goodwill	0us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationNondeductibleExpenseImpairmentLosses	71,885us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationNondeductibleExpenseImpairmentLosses	0us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationNondeductibleExpenseImpairmentLosses
Change in valuation allowance	188,599us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationChangeInDeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance	(66,429)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationChangeInDeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance	(51,631)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationChangeInDeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance
Valuation allowance release	0sd_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.	$ 5,376sd_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefitAttributableToParent	$ (100,666)sd_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefitAttributableToParent	$ (5,926)sd_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefitAttributableToParent

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