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Variable Interest Entities - Royalty Trusts - Distributions (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014		Mar. 31, 2013
Variable Interest Entity
Distributions to third-party unitholders	$ 53,118us-gaap_PaymentsToMinorityShareholders		$ 51,256us-gaap_PaymentsToMinorityShareholders
Royalty Trusts
Variable Interest Entity
Total distributions	68,313sd_RoyaltyTrustDistributionsToUnitholders / us-gaap_VariableInterestEntitiesByClassificationOfEntityAxis = sd_RoyaltyTrustMember	[1]	76,361sd_RoyaltyTrustDistributionsToUnitholders / us-gaap_VariableInterestEntitiesByClassificationOfEntityAxis = sd_RoyaltyTrustMember
Distributions to third-party unitholders	$ 53,118us-gaap_PaymentsToMinorityShareholders / us-gaap_VariableInterestEntitiesByClassificationOfEntityAxis = sd_RoyaltyTrustMember	[1]	$ 51,256us-gaap_PaymentsToMinorityShareholders / us-gaap_VariableInterestEntitiesByClassificationOfEntityAxis = sd_RoyaltyTrustMember
[1] Subordination thresholds were not met for the Mississippian Trust I’s and Mississippian Trust II’s distributions, resulting in reduced distributions to the Company on its subordinated units for this period.

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Amount of cash outflow to a noncontrolling interest. Includes, but not limited to, reduction of noncontrolling interest ownership. Excludes dividends paid to the noncontrolling interest.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Glossary Financing Activities

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