Weatherford to acquire large stake in Universal Compression

Houston-based Weatherford International Inc. said Tuesday it has agreed to acquire a 48% interest in Universal Compression Inc., Houston, through a merger of Weatherford Global Compression Services with Universal. The resulting company will retain the name Universal Compression Services. Weatherford said the company will be the world's second largest compression services company, with 1.8 million hp of compression capacity.

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