Webcast Alert: Universal Compression Invites You to Join Its Fiscal 2003 Fourth Quarter Earnings Conference Call on the Web

May 7, 2003

HOUSTON, May 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- In conjunction with Universal Compression Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: UCO) fourth fiscal quarter earnings release, you are invited to listen to a conference call that will be broadcast live over the Internet on Thursday, May 15, 2003 at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The Company expects to issue the earnings release late on Wednesday, May 14, 2003.

     What:     Universal Compression Holdings, Inc. Fiscal 2003 Fourth Quarter
               Earnings Conference Call

     When:     Thursday, May 15, 2003 at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time

     Where:    http://www.universalcompression.com or
               http://www.firstcallevents.com/service/ajwz381439374gf12.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, May 22, 2003 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 .

SOURCE Universal Compression Holdings, Inc.