Natural Resources >> CEO Interviews >> October 23, 2000
STEPHEN A. SNIDER has been the President, Chief Executive Officer and a
Director of Universal Compression Holdings, Inc., since consummation of
its Tidewater Compression acquisition in 1998. Mr. Snider joined
Tidewater Compression in 1975 as General Manager of air compressor
operations. In 1979, Mr. Snider established Tidewater Compression's
operations in the northeastern United States. In 1981, he assumed
responsibility for the western United States operations of Tidewater
Compression. Mr. Snider left Tidewater Compression in 1983 to own and
operate businesses unrelated to the energy industry. He returned to
Tidewater Compression in 1991 as Senior Vice President of Compression.
Mr. Snider has over 25 years of experience in senior management of
operating companies. He serves as a Director of Energen Corporation, a
diversified energy company focusing on natural gas distribution and oil
and gas exploration and production. Additionally, Mr. Snider serves as
a Director of T-3 Energy Services, Inc., a company that provides a broad
range of oilfield products and services to customers in the upstream oil
and gas industry, petrochemical and refinery plants, shipyards and
offshore fabrication companies. Profile
Mr. Snider: The company started in 1954. We were known as Tidewater
Compression, a part of Tidewater Marine, for many
