Reservoir & Subsurface

VSH meaning in oil and gas

Definition

Volume of shale

VSH means Volume of shale. A term commonly used in petrophysics to quantify the shaliness of a sand. It is often quoted as Vsh with the "sh" in lower case. A Vsh=1 is equivalent to all shale and no sand and a Vsh=0 is…

A term commonly used in petrophysics to quantify the shaliness of a sand. It is often quoted as Vsh with the "sh" in lower case. A Vsh=1 is equivalent to all shale and no sand and a Vsh=0 is pure sand with no shale content.

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