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  Sandridge Energy, Inc.
  001-33784
  1 E. SHERIDAN AVE
  SUITE 500
  OKLAHOMA CITY
  OK
  73104
  405-429-5500
  Grayson Pranin
  President, CEO and COO
  Common Stock
  Charles Schwab
  1958 Summit Park Dr., Ste 200
  Orlando
  FL
  32810
  8800
  135784
  36965688
  08/28/2023
  NYSE
  Common Stock
  08/27/2021
  Award of 100,000 Restricted Stock Units pursuant to the Issuer's 2016 Incentive Plan. Each Restricted Stock Unit represented a right to receive 1 share. The Restricted Stock Units vested in 1/3 increments on each of the 3 anniversaries of the grant date.
  Sandridge Energy, Inc.
  N
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  08/27/2021
  Award granted pursuant to compensation plan.
  Y
  08/25/2023
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