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<DESCRIPTION>PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS CONSENT (HANOVER)
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                                                                    Exhibit 23.2

                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

   We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Amendment No. 1
to the Registration Statement on Form S-4 of our report dated March 8, 2000,
relating to the consolidated financial statements, which appears in Hanover
Compressor Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
1999. We also consent to the reference to us under the heading "Experts" in
such Registration Statement.

                                          /s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Houston, Texas

December 21, 2000
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