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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, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2013 | Dec. 31, 2012
Reconciliation Of Provision Of Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |
Total (benefit) provision | $ (2,293)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit | $ 5,684 us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit | $ (100,362)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
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Reconciliation Of Provision Of Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |  |
Computed at federal statutory rate | 122,362 us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationIncomeTaxExpenseBenefitAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate / us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis = us-gaap_ParentMember | (178,078)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationIncomeTaxExpenseBenefitAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate / us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis = us-gaap_ParentMember | 51,173 us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationIncomeTaxExpenseBenefitAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate / us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis = us-gaap_ParentMember
State taxes, net of federal benefit | 4,145 us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes / us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis = us-gaap_ParentMember | (886)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes / us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis = us-gaap_ParentMember | 8,913 us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes / us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis = us-gaap_ParentMember
Non-deductible expenses | 1,895 us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationNondeductibleExpense / us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis = us-gaap_ParentMember | 2,589 us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationNondeductibleExpense / us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis = us-gaap_ParentMember | 7,247 us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationNondeductibleExpense / us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis = us-gaap_ParentMember
Stock-based compensation | 1,467 us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationNondeductibleExpenseShareBasedCompensationCost / us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis = us-gaap_ParentMember | 7,611 us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationNondeductibleExpenseShareBasedCompensationCost / us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis = us-gaap_ParentMember | 7,172 us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationNondeductibleExpenseShareBasedCompensationCost / us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis = us-gaap_ParentMember
Net effects of consolidating the non-controlling interests’ tax provisions | (34,614)sd_IncomeTaxReconciliationTaxesAttributableToNoncontrollingInterests / us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis = us-gaap_ParentMember | (13,901)sd_IncomeTaxReconciliationTaxesAttributableToNoncontrollingInterests / us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis = us-gaap_ParentMember | (37,047)sd_IncomeTaxReconciliationTaxesAttributableToNoncontrollingInterests / us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis = us-gaap_ParentMember
Bargain purchase gain | 0 sd_IncomeTaxReconciliationTaxesAttributableToBargainPurchaseGain / us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis = us-gaap_ParentMember | 0 sd_IncomeTaxReconciliationTaxesAttributableToBargainPurchaseGain / us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis = us-gaap_ParentMember | (42,944)sd_IncomeTaxReconciliationTaxesAttributableToBargainPurchaseGain / us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis = us-gaap_ParentMember
Impairment of non-deductible goodwill | 0 us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationNondeductibleExpenseImpairmentLosses / us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis = us-gaap_ParentMember | 0 us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationNondeductibleExpenseImpairmentLosses / us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis = us-gaap_ParentMember | 71,885 us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationNondeductibleExpenseImpairmentLosses / us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis = us-gaap_ParentMember
Change in valuation allowance | (96,769)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationChangeInDeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance / us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis = us-gaap_ParentMember | 188,599 us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationChangeInDeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance / us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis = us-gaap_ParentMember | (66,429)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationChangeInDeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance / us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis = us-gaap_ParentMember
Valuation allowance release | 0 sd_IncomeTaxReconciliationChangeinDeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowanceRelease / us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis = us-gaap_ParentMember | 0 sd_IncomeTaxReconciliationChangeinDeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowanceRelease / us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis = us-gaap_ParentMember | (100,288)sd_IncomeTaxReconciliationChangeinDeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowanceRelease / us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis = us-gaap_ParentMember
Other | (1,062)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationOtherAdjustments / us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis = us-gaap_ParentMember | (558)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationOtherAdjustments / us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis = us-gaap_ParentMember | (348)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationOtherAdjustments / us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis = us-gaap_ParentMember
Total (benefit) provision | $ (2,576)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit / us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis = us-gaap_ParentMember | $ 5,376 us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit / us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis = us-gaap_ParentMember | $ (100,666)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit / us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis = us-gaap_ParentMember

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- Definition Amount of the difference between reported income tax expense (benefit) and expected income tax expense (benefit) computed by applying the domestic federal statutory income tax rates to pretax income (loss) from continuing operations attributable to increase (decrease) in the valuation allowance for a specified deferred tax asset. + References No definition available. + Details
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