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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001213900-25-072134
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20250801
FILED AS OF DATE:		20250805
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20250805

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ICAHN BRETT
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001387184
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-33784
		FILM NUMBER:		251185620

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O ICAHN ENTERPRISES L.P.
		STREET 2:		16690 COLLINS AVE., PH
		CITY:			SUNNY ISLES
		STATE:			FL
		ZIP:			33160

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			SANDRIDGE ENERGY INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001349436
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	CRUDE PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS [1311]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	01 Energy & Transportation
		EIN:				208084793
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1 E. SHERIDAN AVE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 500
		CITY:			OKLAHOMA CITY
		STATE:			OK
		ZIP:			73104
		BUSINESS PHONE:		405-429-5500

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1 E. SHERIDAN AVE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 500
		CITY:			OKLAHOMA CITY
		STATE:			OK
		ZIP:			73104

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	RIATA ENERGY INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20060111
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        <footnote id="F1">Reflects shares of restricted stock granted on August 1, 2025 which will vest on the earlier of the first anniversary of the grant date or the day immediately preceding the Company's next annual meeting of stockholders.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney</remarks>

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        <signatureName>/s/ Ben Smolij, as Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2025-08-05</signatureDate>
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<P STYLE="text-align: right; margin: 0"><B>Exhibit 24</B></P>

<P STYLE="margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The undersigned constitutes
and appoints <FONT STYLE="background-color: white">Gaye Wilkerson</FONT>, Ben Smolij, and Mike Blankenship, acting singly, as the undersigned&rsquo;s
true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned&rsquo;s
name, place and stead, to:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">1.
prepare, sign, and submit to the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &ldquo;<U>SEC</U>&rdquo;) on its Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis,
and Retrieval Filer Management website a Form ID application, including any amendments and exhibits thereto, and any other related documents
as may be necessary or appropriate, to obtain from the SEC access codes to permit filing on the SEC&rsquo;s EDGAR system, granting unto
said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each act and thing requisite and necessary
to be done as required by any rule or regulation of the SEC and the EDGAR Filer Manual as fully and to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them,
may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof; and</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">2.   sign
any and all SEC statements of beneficial ownership of securities of SandRidge Energy, Inc. (the &ldquo;<U>Company</U>&rdquo;) on Schedule
13D as required under Section 13 and Forms 3, 4 and 5 as required under Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
and any amendments thereto, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the SEC,
the Company and any stock exchange on which any of the Company&rsquo;s securities are listed, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each act and thing requisite and necessary to be done under said
Section 13 and Section 16(a), as fully and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">A copy of this power of attorney
shall be filed with the SEC. The authorization set forth above shall continue in full force and effect until the undersigned
revokes such authorization by written instructions to the attorneys-in-fact.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The authority granted hereby
shall in no event be deemed to impose or create any duty on behalf of the attorneys-in-fact with respect to the undersigned&rsquo;s obligations
to file a Form ID, Schedule 13Ds and Forms 3, 4 and 5 with the SEC.&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Dated: August 4, 2025</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; width: 40%; font-size: 10pt"><I>/s/ </I>Brett Icahn</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt; font-size: 10pt">Brett Icahn</TD></TR>
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