Webcast Alert: Universal Compression Invites You to Join Its Fiscal 2004 First Quarter Earnings Conference Call on the Web

July 17, 2003

HOUSTON, July 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- In conjunction with Universal Compression Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: UCO) first fiscal quarter earnings release, you are invited to listen to a conference call that will be broadcast live over the Internet on Tuesday, July 29, 2003 at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time. The Company expects to issue the earnings release late on Monday, July 28, 2003.

     What:    Universal Compression Holdings, Inc. Fiscal 2004
              First Quarter Earnings Conference Call

     When:    Tuesday, July 29, 2003 at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time

     Where:   http://www.universalcompression.com or
              http://www.firstcallevents.com/service/ajwz385860612gf12.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 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.