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<DESCRIPTION>CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
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                                                                     EXHIBIT 3.5

                            CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT

                                       TO

                       CERTIFICATE OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

                                       OF

                     HANOVER COMPRESSION LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

It is hereby certified that:

          FIRST: The name of the limited partnership is HANOVER COMPRESSION
LIMITED PARTNERSHIP (the "Partnership")

          SECOND: Pursuant to provisions of Section 17-202, Title 6, Delaware
Code, the Certificate of Limited Partnership is amended as follows:

          "Third: The name and mailing address of the sole general partner of
          the Partnership is:

                    Hanover Compression General Holdings, LLC
                    12001 North Houston Rosslyn
                    Houston, Texas  77086"

Dated: August 20, 2001

                              Hanover Compression Limited Partnership

                              By: Hanover Compression General Holdings,
                              LLC, its General Partner

                              By: /s/ Richard S. Meller
                                 ---------------------------------
                                 Richard S. Meller, authorized person

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