POWER OF ATTORNEY



THE STATE OF TEXAS
							KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
COUNTY OF HARRIS

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Stephen A. Snider, Ernie L. Danner, Richard W. FitzGerald and D. Bradley Childers with full power to act alone, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1) Prepare and execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of Universal Compression Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

(2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

(3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.


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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 12th day of  March, 2003.



   Signature


									/s/ Richard Leong
   									Print Name  Richard Leong


	BEFORE ME, the undersigned Notary Public, on this day personally appeared Richard Leong, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument, and, being by me first duly sworn, acknowledged to me that he executed the same for the purposes therein expressed.

	Given under my hand and seal of office this 12th day of March, 2003.


								/s/Connie Levo Howard										Notary Public




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