**Exhibit 10.44**

**UNIVERSALCOMPRESSION HOLDINGS, INC.SUMMARY OF COMPENSATION FORDIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS**

***Director Compensation***

Directors who areemployees receive no separate compensation for Board service. As of the filingof the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,2006, non-employee directors receive the following for their service on theBoard:

·                     An annualretainer of $30,000 for serving on the Board.

·                     An annual feefor serving as Chair of a Committee. These fees are as follows: $10,000 for theAudit Committee Chair; $5,000 for the Compensation Committee Chair; and $5,000for Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee Chair.

·                     Fees formeeting attendance of between $500 and $1,000 per Board or Committee meeting attended,except in the case of a Committee Chair, who will receive $1,500 per Committeemeeting attended.

·                     Reimbursementfor reasonable out-of-pocket expenses.

Non-employeedirectors also receive stock option awards under the Universal CompressionHoldings, Inc.’s Incentive Stock Option Plan with a target value equal to$125,000 (with an assumed option valuation rate as a percentage of face value)rounded to the nearest 100 options.

***Named Executive Officers***

The named executiveofficers (as such term is defined under the rules and regulations of theSecurities and Exchange Commission) of the Company serve at the discretion ofthe Board of Directors. From time to time, the Compensation Committee of theBoard of Directors reviews and determines the salaries that are paid to theCompany’s executive officers. The following are the annualized base salariesfor the named executive officers effective as of the filing of the Company’sannual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006:
| Name                                                                      | ** ** | **Base Salary** | ** ** |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------|----------------------|------------|
|                                                                      |       |                 |       |
| Stephen A.  Snider, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer       |       | $                    | 550,000    |   |
| Ernie L. Danner,  Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer    |       | $                    | 355,000    |   |
| J. Michael  Anderson, Sr. Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |       | $                    | 310,000    |   |
| D. Bradley  Childers, Sr. Vice President                             |       | $                    | 300,000    |   |
| Kirk E.  Townsend, Sr. Vice President                                |       | $                    | 315,000    |   |

 

Named executiveofficers are also eligible to participate in an Officer’s Incentive Plan, whichprovides such executive officers with the potential to earn a cash bonusexpressed as a percentage of salary. The Officer’s Incentive Plan for thetransition period beginning April 1, 2006 and ending December 31, 2006 wasapproved by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors on May 1, 2005. The nine-month measurement period was aresult of the Board of Directors’ decision, in December 2005, to changethe Company’s fiscal year end from March 31 to December 31.

The named executiveofficers are also eligible to participate in the following:

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·                     UniversalCompression Holdings, Inc.’s Incentive Stock Option Plan;

·                     UniversalCompression Holdings, Inc.’s Restricted Stock Plan;

·                     UniversalCompression, Inc.’s Employees’ Supplemental Savings Plan;

·                     UniversalCompression Holdings, Inc.’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan;

·                     the Company’sbroad-based benefit programs available to its salaried employees, including401(k), health, disability and life insurance programs.

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