Derivatives

The Company has not designated any of its derivative contracts as hedges for accounting purposes. The Company records all derivative contracts at fair value. Changes in derivative contract fair values are recognized in earnings. Cash settlements and valuation gains and losses are included in (gain) loss on derivative contracts for commodity derivative contracts in the consolidated statements of operations. Commodity derivative contracts are settled on a monthly or quarterly basis. Derivative assets and liabilities arising from the Company’s derivative contracts with the same counterparty that provide for net settlement are reported on a net basis in the consolidated balance sheets.

Commodity Derivatives. The Company is exposed to commodity price risk, which impacts the predictability of its cash flows from the sale of oil and natural gas. The Company seeks to manage this risk through the use of commodity derivative contracts. These derivative contracts allow the Company to limit its exposure to commodity price volatility on a portion of its forecasted oil and natural gas sales. None of the Company’s derivative contracts may be terminated prior to contractual maturity solely as a result of a downgrade in the credit rating of a party to the contract. At March 31, 2015, the Company’s commodity derivative contracts consisted of fixed price swaps, basis swaps and collars, which are described below:



Fixed price swaps	The Company receives a fixed price for the contract and pays a floating market price to the counterparty over a specified period for a contracted volume.

Basis swaps	The Company receives a payment from the counterparty if the settled price differential is greater than the stated terms of the contract and pays the counterparty if the settled price differential is less than the stated terms of the contract, which guarantees the Company a price differential for oil or natural gas from a specified delivery point.

Collars	Two-way collars contain a fixed floor price (put) and a fixed ceiling price (call). If the market price exceeds the call strike price or falls below the put strike price, the Company receives the fixed price and pays the market price. If the market price is between the call and the put strike price, no payments are due from either party.
	Three-way collars have two fixed floor prices (a purchased put and a sold put) and a fixed ceiling price (call). The purchased put establishes a minimum price unless the market price falls below the sold put, at which point the minimum price would be New York Mercantile Exchange (“NYMEX”) plus the difference between the purchased put and the sold put strike price. The call establishes a maximum price (ceiling) the Company will receive for the volumes under the contract. If the market price is between the ceiling price and purchased put, no payments are due from either party.

Derivatives Agreements with Royalty Trusts. The Company is party to derivatives agreements with the Mississippian Trust I, Permian Trust and Mississippian Trust II to provide each Royalty Trust with the economic effect of certain oil and natural gas derivative contracts entered into by the Company with third parties. The underlying commodity derivative contracts cover volumes of oil and natural gas production through December 31, 2015 for the Mississippian Trust I and Mississippian Trust II and covered volumes of oil and natural gas production through March 31, 2015 for the Permian Trust. Under these arrangements, the Company pays the Royalty Trusts amounts it receives from its counterparties in accordance with the underlying contracts, and the Royalty Trusts pay the Company any amounts that the Company is required to pay its counterparties under such contracts.

In accordance with the terms of the respective derivatives agreements, the Company novated certain of the derivative contracts underlying the derivatives agreements to each of the Permian Trust and the Mississippian Trust II. As a party to these contracts, the Permian Trust and the Mississippian Trust II received payment directly from the counterparty and paid any amounts owed directly to the counterparty. To secure its obligations under the respective derivative contracts novated to it, each of the Permian Trust and the Mississippian Trust II granted the counterparties liens on the royalty interests held by each respective Royalty Trust. As of March 31, 2015, there were no novated derivative contracts outstanding under the derivatives agreements.

All contracts underlying the derivatives agreements with the Royalty Trusts have been included in the Company’s consolidated derivative disclosures. See Note 3 for the Royalty Trusts’ open derivative contracts.

Fair Value of Derivatives. The following table presents the fair value of the Company’s derivative contracts as of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014 on a gross basis without regard to same-counterparty netting (in thousands):



Type of Contract	Balance Sheet Classification	March 31, 2015			December 31, 2014
Derivative assets
Oil price swaps	Derivative contracts-current	$	145,304		$	204,072
Natural gas price swaps	Derivative contracts-current	7,762			29,648
Natural gas basis swaps	Derivative contracts-current	1,452			350
Oil collars - three way	Derivative contracts-current	53,890			56,289
Natural gas collars	Derivative contracts-current	935			1,055
Oil price swaps	Derivative contracts-noncurrent	32,193			36,288
Natural gas basis swaps	Derivative contracts-noncurrent	283			—
Oil collars - three way	Derivative contracts-noncurrent	9,871			10,715
Derivative liabilities
Natural gas basis swaps	Derivative contracts-current	(403		)	—
Total net derivative contracts		$	251,287		$	338,417

See Note 4 for additional discussion of the fair value measurement of the Company’s derivative contracts.

Master Netting Agreements and the Right of Offset. The Company has master netting agreements with all of its derivative counterparties and has presented its derivative assets and liabilities with the same counterparty on a net basis in the consolidated balance sheets. As a result of the netting provisions, the Company's maximum amount of loss under derivative transactions due to credit risk is limited to the net amounts due from its counterparties. As of March 31, 2015, the counterparties to the Company’s open derivative contracts consisted of nine financial institutions, all of which are also lenders under the Company’s senior credit facility. The Company is not required to post additional collateral under its derivative contracts as the majority of the counterparties to the Company’s derivative contracts share in the collateral supporting the Company’s senior credit facility. To secure their obligations under the derivative contracts novated by the Company, the Permian Trust and the Mississippian Trust II have each given the counterparties to such contracts a lien on its royalty interests. The following tables summarize (i) the Company's derivative contracts on a gross basis, (ii) the effects of netting assets and liabilities for which the right of offset exists based on master netting arrangements and (iii) for the Company’s net derivative liability positions, the applicable portion of shared collateral under the senior credit facility (for SandRidge's derivative contracts) and under liens granted on the royalty interests (for the Permian Trust and the Mississippian Trust II) (in thousands):

March 31, 2015



	Gross Amounts		Gross Amounts Offset			Amounts Net of Offset		Financial Collateral			Net Amount
Assets
Derivative contracts - current	$	209,343	$	(284	)	$	209,059	$	—		$	209,059
Derivative contracts - noncurrent	42,347		—			42,347		—			42,347
Total	$	251,690	$	(284	)	$	251,406	$	—		$	251,406
Liabilities
Derivative contracts - current	$	403	$	(284	)	$	119	$	(119	)	$	—
Derivative contracts - noncurrent	—		—			—		—			—
Total	$	403	$	(284	)	$	119	$	(119	)	$	—

December 31, 2014



	Gross Amounts		Gross Amounts Offset		Amounts Net of Offset		Financial Collateral		Net Amount
Assets
Derivative contracts - current	$	291,414	$	—	$	291,414	$	—	$	291,414
Derivative contracts - noncurrent	47,003		—		47,003		—		47,003
Total	$	338,417	$	—	$	338,417	$	—	$	338,417
Liabilities
Derivative contracts - current	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—
Derivative contracts - noncurrent	—		—		—		—		—
Total	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—

The Company recorded a (gain) loss on derivative contracts of $(49.8) million and $42.5 million for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively, as reflected in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations, which includes net cash (receipts) payments upon settlement of $(137.0) million and $23.4 million, respectively. For the three-month period ended March 31, 2014, $69.6 million of cash payments related to settlements of commodity derivative contracts with contractual maturities after the period in which they were settled (“early settlements”) primarily as a result of the sale of the Gulf Properties in February 2014.

At March 31, 2015, the Company’s open commodity derivative contracts consisted of the following:

Oil Price Swaps

Natural Gas Price Swaps

Natural Gas Basis Swaps



	Notional (MMcf)	Weighted Average Fixed Price
April 2015 - December 2015	46,750	$	(0.30	)
January 2016 - December 2016	10,980	$	(0.38	)

Oil Collars - Three-way



	Notional (MBbls)	Sold Put	Purchased Put	Sold Call
April 2015 - December 2015	3,856	$77.20	$90.18	$103.55
January 2016 - December 2016	2,556	$83.14	$90.00	$100.85

Natural Gas Collars

Notional (MBbls)

Weighted Average
Fixed Price

April 2015 - December 2015

January 2016 - December 2016