Introduction.- Geological Setting.- Data and Methods.-Syndepositional Tectonic Controls and Palaeo-Topography of a Permian Tight Gas Reservoir in NW Germany.- The Panamint Valley, Western US - A Field Analogue for the Sedimentary Facies Distribution of a Permian Tight Gas Field in Central Europe.- Integrating Salt Kinematics and Diagenesis in a Tight Gas Field: A Case Study from the Upper Rotliegend in East Frisia.- Facies Analysis from Well Cores, Northern Central Germany - comparison to NW German Well Cores.- Conclusions, Synopsis and Perspectives.