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Worldwide Flight Services, Inc.

One of the world's three largest providers of natural gas compression equipment and services, primarily to the energy industry. Based in Houston, Texas, the company operates primarily in the United States, but also has operations in Canada, Venezuela, Argentina, Columbia, and Australia. CHPIII and management acquired the company in February 1998 in a transaction valued at $360 million. The company's existing management remains in place after the acquisition.

June 28, 2001
Universal Compression Announces Pricing of Public Equity Offering

Houston, June 28, 2001 - Universal Compression Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: UCO) today announced its public offering of 4.0 million shares of its common stock at a price of $28.50 per share, consisting of 1.33 million shares offered by the Company…

February 20, 1998
Castle Harlan Completes Purchase Of Compression Services Company

NEW YORK, February 20, 1998 - Castle Harlan, Inc., the New York merchant bank, announced today it had completed the acquisition of the compression services division of Tidewater, Inc. (NYSE: TDW) in a $360 million transaction. The division, which had…

December 18, 1997
Agrees To Purchase Top Compression Service Company

NEW YORK, December 18,1997 - Castle Harlan, Inc., the New York merchant bank, announced today that an investment partnership it man-ages had signed a definitive agreement to acquire Tidewater Compression Service, Inc., a division of Tidewater, Inc. (NYSE: TDW), of…

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