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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.5

                         INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT

     We consent to the use in this Amendment No. 1 of the Registration Statement
of BRL Universal Equipment 2001 A, L.P., BRL Universal Equipment Corp.,
Universal Compression Holdings, Inc. and Universal Compression, Inc. on Form S-4
of our reports on the consolidated financial statements of Universal Compression
Holdings, Inc. and subsidiaries and Universal Compression, Inc. and subsidiaries
for the years ended March 31, 2000 and 1999 and for the period from December 12,
1997 (inception) through March 31, 1998 dated April 28, 2000 (October 24, 2000
as to Notes 1, 7 and 9 and February 28, 2001 as to Note 13) and our report on
the financial statements of Tidewater Compression Services, Inc. for the period
from April 1, 1997 through February 20, 1998 dated June 1, 1998, which reports
are part of the Prospectus.

     We also consent to the reference to us under the heading "Experts" in such
Prospectus.

DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
Houston, Texas
April 25, 2001