Recently, Saudi Aramco upstream activities in unconventional gas, and in particular tight gas sands, have been identified as a focus area. Integral to understanding the potential of tight gas as a resource, is an understanding of the petrophysical characterization of tight gas intervals. This paper presents a review of the petrophysical challenges in the evaluation of tight gas intervals encountered within an existing producing field producing from formation U. This formation can be highly variable and although it can be highly productive, in some areas the geology has produced poorer reservoir quality rock. Production from wells which penetrate these areas can exhibit "Tight Gas" characteristics. Core and log data from existing fields are abundant and cover both good and poorer quality reservoir intervals. The factors which impact the evaluation of these "Tight Gas" intervals, in this relatively well sampled environment, can be generalized to the evaluation of less well studied tight gas formations. The results of this review identify many areas where current techniques and tools fall short of providing an adequate characterization. In particular, the quantification of mineralogy and diagenesis is seen as important, as is the quantification of saturations and accurate measurement of micro-Darcy permeabilities. Areas where current techniques require improvement are highlighted and projects that are in progress to address these issues and improve the evaluation of tight gas are detailed. One area which is highlighted as holding potential is rock typing, which can categorize different types of tight gas interval based on clay content or mineralogy. Three wells have been selected for a fracturing exercise as a proof of concept to assess the production potential. The results of the fracturing exercise are presented relative to the petrophysical evaluation of these wells.