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Derivatives - Additional Information (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		1 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2013	Apr. 30, 2013
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure
Loss on derivative contracts	$ 42,491,000us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentsNotDesignatedAsHedgingInstrumentsGainLossNet	$ 40,897,000us-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			350,000,000us-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	42,500,000us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentsNotDesignatedAsHedgingInstrumentsGainLossNet / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis = sd_CommodityDerivativesMember	40,900,000us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentsNotDesignatedAsHedgingInstrumentsGainLossNet / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis = sd_CommodityDerivativesMember
Cash | Commodity Derivatives
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure
Loss on derivative contracts	23,400,000us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentsNotDesignatedAsHedgingInstrumentsGainLossNet / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis = sd_CommodityDerivativesMember / us-gaap_PositionAxis = us-gaap_CashMember	16,100,000us-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	$ 69,600,000us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentsNotDesignatedAsHedgingInstrumentsGainLossNet / us-gaap_DerivativeByNatureAxis = sd_DerivativeContractsEarlySettlementsMember / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis = sd_CommodityDerivativesMember / us-gaap_PositionAxis = us-gaap_CashMember	$ 29,600,000us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentsNotDesignatedAsHedgingInstrumentsGainLossNet / us-gaap_DerivativeByNatureAxis = sd_DerivativeContractsEarlySettlementsMember / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis = sd_CommodityDerivativesMember / us-gaap_PositionAxis = us-gaap_CashMember

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