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<DESCRIPTION>PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS CONSENT (DRESSER-RAND)
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                                                                    Exhibit 23.3

                       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 November 3, 2000,
relating to the combined financial statements of the Dresser-Rand Compression
Services Rental and Packaging Division, a division of Dresser-Rand Company,
which appears in the Current Report on Form 8-K/A of Hanover Compressor Company
dated November 13, 2000. We also consent to the reference to us under the
heading "Experts" in such Registration Statement.

                                          /s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Tulsa, Oklahoma

December 21, 2000
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