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Subsequent Events - Royalty Trust Distributions (Details) (Royalty Trust Distributions, USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Jan. 30, 2014
Royalty Trusts
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Total distribution	$ 68,345sd_DistributionDeclared / us-gaap_SubsequentEventTypeAxis = us-gaap_CashDistributionMember / us-gaap_VariableInterestEntitiesByClassificationOfEntityAxis = sd_RoyaltyTrustMember
Amount to be distributed to third-party unitholders	53,118sd_DistributionFromTrustToThirdPartyUnitHolders / us-gaap_SubsequentEventTypeAxis = us-gaap_CashDistributionMember / us-gaap_VariableInterestEntitiesByClassificationOfEntityAxis = sd_RoyaltyTrustMember
Mississippian Trust I
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Total distribution	10,508sd_DistributionDeclared / us-gaap_SubsequentEventTypeAxis = us-gaap_CashDistributionMember / us-gaap_VariableInterestEntitiesByClassificationOfEntityAxis = sd_SandRidgeMississippianTrustIMember
Amount to be distributed to third-party unitholders	10,242sd_DistributionFromTrustToThirdPartyUnitHolders / us-gaap_SubsequentEventTypeAxis = us-gaap_CashDistributionMember / us-gaap_VariableInterestEntitiesByClassificationOfEntityAxis = sd_SandRidgeMississippianTrustIMember
Permian Trust
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Total distribution	33,677sd_DistributionDeclared / us-gaap_SubsequentEventTypeAxis = us-gaap_CashDistributionMember / us-gaap_VariableInterestEntitiesByClassificationOfEntityAxis = sd_SandRidgePermianTrustMember
Amount to be distributed to third-party unitholders	25,239sd_DistributionFromTrustToThirdPartyUnitHolders / us-gaap_SubsequentEventTypeAxis = us-gaap_CashDistributionMember / us-gaap_VariableInterestEntitiesByClassificationOfEntityAxis = sd_SandRidgePermianTrustMember
Mississippian Trust II
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Total distribution	24,160sd_DistributionDeclared / us-gaap_SubsequentEventTypeAxis = us-gaap_CashDistributionMember / us-gaap_VariableInterestEntitiesByClassificationOfEntityAxis = sd_SandRidgeMississippianTrustIiMember
Amount to be distributed to third-party unitholders	$ 17,637sd_DistributionFromTrustToThirdPartyUnitHolders / us-gaap_SubsequentEventTypeAxis = us-gaap_CashDistributionMember / us-gaap_VariableInterestEntitiesByClassificationOfEntityAxis = sd_SandRidgeMississippianTrustIiMember

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Distribution declared from Trust to third-party unitholders.

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