Webcast Alert: Universal Compression Invites You to Join Its Fiscal 2003

October 22, 2002

Second Quarter Earnings Conference Call on the Web

HOUSTON, Oct. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- In conjunction with Universal Compression Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: UCO) second fiscal quarter earnings release, you are invited to listen to a conference call that will be broadcast live over the Internet on Thursday, October 31, 2002 at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time. The Company expects to issue the earnings release late on Wednesday,
October 30, 2002.

What:     Universal Compression Holdings, Inc. Fiscal 2003

Second Quarter Earnings Conference Call

When:     Thursday, October 31, 2002 at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time

Where:    http://www.universalcompression.com  or

http://www.firstcallevents.com/service/ajwz368723424gf12.html

How:      Simply log on www.universalcompression.com (click "Company

Overview in Company Information" section) or link to the

event URL above

Contact:  David Oatman at 713-335-7460

The conference call will be archived through Thursday, November 7, 2002 on the Web site www.universalcompression.com and at http://www.prnewswire.com  .

Universal Compression, headquartered in Houston, Texas, is a leading natural gas compression services company, providing a full range of contract compression, sales, operations, maintenance and fabrication services to the domestic and international natural gas industry.

Minimum Requirements to listen to broadcast: you will need to have either RealPlayer or The Windows Media Player software and a minimum 28.8 Kbps connection to the Internet.  Both RealPlayer and The Windows Media Player software can be downloaded free from http://www.vdat.com/download_players  . If you experience problems listening to the broadcast, send an email to webcastsupport@tfprn.com .

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SOURCE  Universal Compression Holdings, Inc.

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/CONTACT:  David Oatman of Universal Compression Holdings, Inc., +1-713-335-7460/

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CO:  Universal Compression Holdings, Inc.
ST:  Texas
IN:  OIL
SU:  CCA MAV

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