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Derivatives - Additional Information (Details) (USD $) | 3 Months Ended | 1 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2014 | Mar. 31, 2013 | Apr. 30, 2013
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure |  |  |
Loss on derivative contracts | $ 42,491,000 us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentsNotDesignatedAsHedgingInstrumentsGainLossNet | $ 40,897,000 us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentsNotDesignatedAsHedgingInstrumentsGainLossNet |
Mississippian Trust I |  |  |
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure |  |  |
Commodity derivative contracts covering volumes of oil and gas production, date | Dec. 31, 2015 |  |
Permian Trust |  |  |
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure |  |  |
Commodity derivative contracts covering volumes of oil and gas production, date | Mar. 31, 2015 |  |
Mississippian Trust II |  |  |
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure |  |  |
Commodity derivative contracts covering volumes of oil and gas production, date | Dec. 31, 2014 |  |
Senior Floating Rate Notes due 2014 | Fixed To Floating Interest Rate Swap Through April 1st 2013 |  |  |
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure |  |  |
Contract period end |  |  | Apr. 01, 2013
Notional amount of interest rate swaps |  |  | 350,000,000 us-gaap_DerivativeLiabilityNotionalAmount / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = sd_SeniorFloatingRateNotesDue2014Member / us-gaap_DerivativeByNatureAxis = sd_FixedToFloatingInterestRateSwapThroughApril1St2013Member
Derivative, fixed interest rate |  |  | 6.69%us-gaap_DerivativeFixedInterestRate / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = sd_SeniorFloatingRateNotesDue2014Member / us-gaap_DerivativeByNatureAxis = sd_FixedToFloatingInterestRateSwapThroughApril1St2013Member
Commodity Derivatives |  |  |
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure |  |  |
Loss on derivative contracts | 42,500,000 us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentsNotDesignatedAsHedgingInstrumentsGainLossNet / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis = sd_CommodityDerivativesMember | 40,900,000 us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentsNotDesignatedAsHedgingInstrumentsGainLossNet / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis = sd_CommodityDerivativesMember |
Cash | Commodity Derivatives |  |  |
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure |  |  |
Loss on derivative contracts | 23,400,000 us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentsNotDesignatedAsHedgingInstrumentsGainLossNet / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis = sd_CommodityDerivativesMember / us-gaap_PositionAxis = us-gaap_CashMember | 16,100,000 us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentsNotDesignatedAsHedgingInstrumentsGainLossNet / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis = sd_CommodityDerivativesMember / us-gaap_PositionAxis = us-gaap_CashMember |
Cash | Commodity Derivatives | Early Settlements |  |  |
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure |  |  |
Loss on derivative contracts | $ 69,600,000 us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentsNotDesignatedAsHedgingInstrumentsGainLossNet / us-gaap_DerivativeByNatureAxis = sd_DerivativeContractsEarlySettlementsMember / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis = sd_CommodityDerivativesMember / us-gaap_PositionAxis = us-gaap_CashMember | $ 29,600,000 us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentsNotDesignatedAsHedgingInstrumentsGainLossNet / us-gaap_DerivativeByNatureAxis = sd_DerivativeContractsEarlySettlementsMember / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis = sd_CommodityDerivativesMember / us-gaap_PositionAxis = us-gaap_CashMember |

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