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Variable Interest Entities - Royalty Trusts - Open Oil and Natural Gas Commodity Derivative Contracts (Details) (April 2015 - December 2015)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015 MBbls
Oil Price Swaps
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure
Notional (Oil in MBbls/Natural Gas in MMcf)	3,302us-gaap_DerivativeNonmonetaryNotionalAmountVolume / us-gaap_DerivativeByNatureAxis = sd_April2015ThroughDecember2015Member / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis = sd_CrudeOilPriceSwapMember
Weighted Avg. Fixed Price (Oil in USD/bbl, Natural Gas in USD/mcf)	92.25us-gaap_DerivativeSwapTypeAverageFixedPrice / us-gaap_DerivativeByNatureAxis = sd_April2015ThroughDecember2015Member / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis = sd_CrudeOilPriceSwapMember
Natural Gas Collars
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure
Notional (Oil in MBbls/Natural Gas in MMcf)	761us-gaap_DerivativeNonmonetaryNotionalAmountVolume / us-gaap_DerivativeByNatureAxis = sd_April2015ThroughDecember2015Member / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis = sd_NaturalGasCollarsMember
Collar Range, minimum	4.00us-gaap_DerivativeFloorPrice / us-gaap_DerivativeByNatureAxis = sd_April2015ThroughDecember2015Member / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis = sd_NaturalGasCollarsMember
Collar Range, maximum	8.55us-gaap_DerivativeCapPrice / us-gaap_DerivativeByNatureAxis = sd_April2015ThroughDecember2015Member / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis = sd_NaturalGasCollarsMember
Royalty Trusts | Oil Price Swaps
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure
Notional (Oil in MBbls/Natural Gas in MMcf)	559us-gaap_DerivativeNonmonetaryNotionalAmountVolume / us-gaap_DerivativeByNatureAxis = sd_April2015ThroughDecember2015Member / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis = sd_CrudeOilPriceSwapMember / us-gaap_VariableInterestEntitiesByClassificationOfEntityAxis = sd_RoyaltyTrustMember
Weighted Avg. Fixed Price (Oil in USD/bbl, Natural Gas in USD/mcf)	97.09us-gaap_DerivativeSwapTypeAverageFixedPrice / us-gaap_DerivativeByNatureAxis = sd_April2015ThroughDecember2015Member / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis = sd_CrudeOilPriceSwapMember / us-gaap_VariableInterestEntitiesByClassificationOfEntityAxis = sd_RoyaltyTrustMember
Royalty Trusts | Natural Gas Collars
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure
Notional (Oil in MBbls/Natural Gas in MMcf)	761us-gaap_DerivativeNonmonetaryNotionalAmountVolume / us-gaap_DerivativeByNatureAxis = sd_April2015ThroughDecember2015Member / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis = sd_NaturalGasCollarsMember / us-gaap_VariableInterestEntitiesByClassificationOfEntityAxis = sd_RoyaltyTrustMember
Collar Range, minimum	4.00us-gaap_DerivativeFloorPrice / us-gaap_DerivativeByNatureAxis = sd_April2015ThroughDecember2015Member / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis = sd_NaturalGasCollarsMember / us-gaap_VariableInterestEntitiesByClassificationOfEntityAxis = sd_RoyaltyTrustMember
Collar Range, maximum	8.55us-gaap_DerivativeCapPrice / us-gaap_DerivativeByNatureAxis = sd_April2015ThroughDecember2015Member / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis = sd_NaturalGasCollarsMember / us-gaap_VariableInterestEntitiesByClassificationOfEntityAxis = sd_RoyaltyTrustMember

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