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Debt - Revolving Credit (Details 2) (USD $)
0 Months Ended 12 Months Ended 3 Months Ended
Dec. 16, 2014
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Mar. 31, 2015
Nov. 12, 2014
Nov. 11, 2014
Debt Instrument [Line Items]              
Borrowings under credit facility   $ 1,209,835,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromLongTermLinesOfCredit $ 193,000,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromLongTermLinesOfCredit $ 123,000,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromLongTermLinesOfCredit      
Refinancing of Sabine's former revolving credit facility 619,000,000sogc_RefinancingOfFormerRevolvingCreditFacility            
Refinancing of Forest’s revolving credit agreement 105,000,000sogc_RefinancingOfRevolvingCreditAgreement            
Debt repayments for the credit facility   969,835,000us-gaap_RepaymentsOfLongTermLinesOfCredit 348,000,000us-gaap_RepaymentsOfLongTermLinesOfCredit 136,000,000us-gaap_RepaymentsOfLongTermLinesOfCredit      
New Revolving Credit Facility              
Debt Instrument [Line Items]              
Maximum commitment 2,000,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity
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Borrowing base 1,000,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityCurrentBorrowingCapacity
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= sogc_SeniorSecuredRevolvingCreditFacilityMember
        750,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityCurrentBorrowingCapacity
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700,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityCurrentBorrowingCapacity
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Number of days prior to the maturity date of term loan facility during which debt instrument will mature 91 days            
Percentage of lenders required to request borrowing base redetermination   67.00%sogc_PercentageOfLendersRequiredToRequestBorrowingBaseRedetermination
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= sogc_SeniorSecuredRevolvingCreditFacilityMember
         
Number of borrowing base redeterminations that may be requested by specified percentage of lenders   2sogc_NumberOfBorrowingBaseRedeterminationsThatMayBeRequestedBySpecifiedPercentageOfLendersDuringAnyTwelveMonthPeriod
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= sogc_SeniorSecuredRevolvingCreditFacilityMember
         
Number of payments in which outstanding exposure under the New Revolving Credit Facility in excess of new borrowing base should be repaid   1sogc_NumberOfPaymentsInWhichOutstandingExposureInExcessOfNewBorrowingBaseShouldBeRepaid
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= sogc_SeniorSecuredRevolvingCreditFacilityMember
         
Number of equal monthly installments in which outstanding exposure under the New Revolving Credit Facility in excess of new borrowing base should be repaid   6sogc_NumberOfEqualMonthlyInstallmentsInWhichOutstandingExposureInExcessOfNewBorrowingBaseShouldBeRepaid
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= sogc_SeniorSecuredRevolvingCreditFacilityMember
         
Borrowings outstanding   545,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCredit
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= sogc_SeniorSecuredRevolvingCreditFacilityMember
250,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCredit
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
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Borrowings under credit facility 750,800,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromLongTermLinesOfCredit
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
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      426,000,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromLongTermLinesOfCredit
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Weighted average interest rate (as a percent)   2.40%us-gaap_DebtWeightedAverageInterestRate
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
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Period to obtain waiver for a qualified audit opinion   30 days          
New Revolving Credit Facility | Minimum              
Debt Instrument [Line Items]              
Commitment fee 0.375%us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityUnusedCapacityCommitmentFeePercentage
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
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/ us-gaap_RangeAxis
= us-gaap_MinimumMember
           
Percentage of the PV-9 of the borrowing base properties on which obligations and the guarantees will be secured by a lien   80.00%sogc_DebtInstrumentSecuredBorrowingBasePropertiesPercentage
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
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/ us-gaap_RangeAxis
= us-gaap_MinimumMember
         
New Revolving Credit Facility | Maximum              
Debt Instrument [Line Items]              
Commitment fee 0.50%us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityUnusedCapacityCommitmentFeePercentage
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= sogc_SeniorSecuredRevolvingCreditFacilityMember
/ us-gaap_RangeAxis
= us-gaap_MaximumMember
           
Leverage ratio   3.0sogc_DebtInstrumentCovenantConsolidatedLeverageRatioMaximum
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= sogc_SeniorSecuredRevolvingCreditFacilityMember
/ us-gaap_RangeAxis
= us-gaap_MaximumMember
         
New Revolving Credit Facility | Alternate Base Rate | Minimum              
Debt Instrument [Line Items]              
Variable interest margin (as a percent) 0.50%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentBasisSpreadOnVariableRate1
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/ us-gaap_RangeAxis
= us-gaap_MinimumMember
/ us-gaap_VariableRateAxis
= sogc_AlternateBaseRateMember
           
New Revolving Credit Facility | Alternate Base Rate | Maximum              
Debt Instrument [Line Items]              
Variable interest margin (as a percent) 1.50%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentBasisSpreadOnVariableRate1
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= sogc_SeniorSecuredRevolvingCreditFacilityMember
/ us-gaap_RangeAxis
= us-gaap_MaximumMember
/ us-gaap_VariableRateAxis
= sogc_AlternateBaseRateMember
           
New Revolving Credit Facility | Variable Rate Base Adjusted Eurodollar | Minimum              
Debt Instrument [Line Items]              
Variable interest margin (as a percent) 1.50%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentBasisSpreadOnVariableRate1
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= us-gaap_MinimumMember
/ us-gaap_VariableRateAxis
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New Revolving Credit Facility | Variable Rate Base Adjusted Eurodollar | Maximum              
Debt Instrument [Line Items]              
Variable interest margin (as a percent) 2.50%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentBasisSpreadOnVariableRate1
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/ us-gaap_RangeAxis
= us-gaap_MaximumMember
/ us-gaap_VariableRateAxis
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New Revolving Credit Facility | Federal Funds Effective rate              
Debt Instrument [Line Items]              
Variable interest margin (as a percent) 0.50%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentBasisSpreadOnVariableRate1
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= sogc_SeniorSecuredRevolvingCreditFacilityMember
/ us-gaap_VariableRateAxis
= sogc_FederalFundsEffectiveRateMember
           
New Revolving Credit Facility | Eurodollar rate              
Debt Instrument [Line Items]              
Variable interest margin (as a percent) 1.00%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentBasisSpreadOnVariableRate1
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= sogc_SeniorSecuredRevolvingCreditFacilityMember
/ us-gaap_VariableRateAxis
= us-gaap_EurodollarMember
           
Letter of credit              
Debt Instrument [Line Items]              
Maximum commitment $ 100,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity
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= us-gaap_LetterOfCreditMember