Hanover Compressor Company Presentation at the 2006 Bank of America Energy Conference

November 13, 2006

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 13, 2006--Hanover Compressor Company (NYSE:HC), a global market leader in full service natural gas compression and a leading provider of service, fabrication and equipment for oil and natural gas production, processing and transportation applications, will be presenting at the 2006 Bank of America Conference in Key Biscayne, Florida on Thursday, November 16, 2006.

Lee Beckelman, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and Brian Matusek, Senior Vice President, Western Hemisphere and Global Services, will be presenting on Thursday, November 16, 2006 at 4:10 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. The panel presentation topic is Global Compression Growth and Opportunities.

A live webcast of Hanover's presentation and presentation slides will be available at 4:10 p.m. EST, Thursday, November 16, by logging onto Hanover's web site (www.hanover-co.com) or by clicking this URL: http://www.veracast.com/webcasts/bas/energy06/id01113341.cfm (Due to the length of this URL, it may be necessary to copy and paste this hyperlink into your Internet browser's URL address field. You may also need to remove an extra space in the URL if one exists.)

The webcast will be available for on demand replay within 24 hours of the live presentation and will remain available through December 1, 2006. Use the web site address above to access the replay.

About Hanover Compressor Company

Hanover Compressor Company (NYSE:HC) is a global market leader in full service natural gas compression and a leading provider of service, fabrication and equipment for oil and natural gas production, processing and transportation applications. Hanover sells and rents this equipment and provides complete operation and maintenance services, including run-time guarantees for both customer-owned equipment and its fleet of rental equipment. Founded in 1990, Hanover's customers include both major and independent oil and gas producers and distributors as well as national oil and gas companies.

Forward-looking Statements

Certain matters discussed in this presentation are "forward-looking statements" intended to qualify for the safe harbors established by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These forward-looking statements can generally be identified as such because of the context of the statement or because the statement includes words such as "believes," "anticipates," "expects," "estimates," or words of similar import. Similarly, statements that describe Hanover's future plans, objectives or goals or future revenues or other financial measures are also forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those anticipated as of the date the statements were made. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: our inability to renew our short-term leases of equipment with our customers so as to fully recoup our cost of the equipment; a prolonged substantial reduction in oil and natural gas prices, which could cause a decline in the demand for our compression and oil and natural gas production and processing equipment; reduced profit margins or the loss of market share resulting from competition or the introduction of competing technologies by other companies; changes in economic or political conditions in the countries in which we do business, including civil uprisings, riots, terrorism, the taking of property without fair compensation and legislative changes; changes in currency exchange rates; the inherent risks associated with our operations, such as equipment defects, malfunctions and natural disasters; governmental safety, health, environmental and other regulations, which could require us to make significant expenditures; our inability to implement certain business objectives, such as international expansion (including our ability to timely and cost-effectively execute projects in new international operating environments), integrating acquired businesses, generating sufficient cash, accessing capital markets, refinancing existing or incurring additional indebtedness to fund our business, and executing our exit and sale strategy with respect to assets classified on our balance sheet as assets held for sale; risks associated with any significant failure or malfunction of our enterprise resource planning system and our inability to comply with covenants in our debt agreements and the decreased financial flexibility associated with our substantial debt. A discussion of these and other factors is included in the Company's periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

CONTACT: Hanover Compressor Company, Houston
Stephen York, 832-554-4856
Vice President, Investor Relations and Technology
syork@hanover-co.com

SOURCE: Hanover Compressor Company