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EXHIBIT 4.14




[Letterhead of SandRidge Energy, Inc.]


 




October 4, 2007




Dear Stockholder of SandRidge Energy, Inc.:




     Reference is hereby made to the registration rights agreement, dated November 21, 2006 (the
“Registration Rights Agreement”) between Sand Ridge Energy, Inc. as successor to Riata Energy, Inc.
(the “Company”), and purchasers party thereto. In connection with its proposed initial public
offering, the Company proposes to make the following amendment (the “Amendment”) to the
Registration Rights Agreement:




	 	•	 	Clause 3(e) of the Registration Rights Agreement shall be deleted in its entirety and
replaced with the following:






“(e) Upon an initial public offering of the Company’s equity securities, Holders that are
beneficiaries of this Agreement, whether or not they sell in the initial public offering,
will not, directly or indirectly, (1) offer for sale, sell, pledge, or otherwise dispose of
(or enter into any transaction or device that is designed to, or could be expected to,
result in the disposition by any person at any time in the future of) any shares of common
stock of the Company (including, without limitation, shares of common stock that may be
deemed to be beneficially owned by the undersigned in accordance with the rules and
regulations of the Commission and shares of common stock that may be issued upon exercise of
any options or warrants) or securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for
common stock of the Company, (2) enter into any swap or other derivatives transaction that
transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic benefits or risks of
ownership of shares of common stock of the Company, whether any such transaction described
in clause (1) or (2) above is to be settled by delivery of common stock or other securities,
in cash or otherwise, or (3) publicly disclose the intention to do any of the foregoing, for
a period commencing on the effective date of the registration statement related to the
initial public offering and ending on the later of (x) the 60th day following the
effective date of the registration statement related to the initial public offering and (y)
January 1, 2008. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the restrictions contained in this
paragraph shall not apply to any shares purchased in the initial public offering of the
Company’s equity securities or in the open market after the initial public offering.”




	 	•	 	In the event that the Company has not priced its proposed initial public offering by
January 1, 2008, this amendment shall become null and void and shall be of no force and
effect.





	 	 	 	 	 
	 	Very truly yours,





SANDRIDGE ENERGY, INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Tom L. Ward
 	 
	 	 	Tom L. Ward 	 
	 	 	Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President 	 
	 

















 






	 	 	 	 	 




     The undersigned hereby (i) represents that as of September 28, 2007 it is the beneficial
holder of the number of shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company set
forth below its name below, all of which constitute Transfer Restricted Securities as defined in
the Registration Rights Agreement and (ii) consents to, acknowledges and accepts the Amendment.



	 	 	 	 	 
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PLEASE RETURN TO BRUCE THOMPSON BY FACSIMILE OR EMAIL AT

(405) 753-5988 OR BTHOMPSON@SDRGE.COM