All of our compressors are designed to customer requests.

We typically enter into a master service agreement with each customer that sets forth the general terms and conditions of our services, and then enter into a separate supplemental service agreement for each distinct site at which we will provide contract operations services.

Term and Termination. Our customers typically contract for our contract operations services on a site-by-site basis.site–by–site basis that is generally reduced if we fail to operate in accordance with the contract requirements. Following the initial minimum term, for our contract operations services, which generally ranges from 12 to 6048 months, contract operations services generally continue on a month–to–month basis until terminated by either party with 30 days’ advance notice.

Fees and Expenses. Our customers pay a fixed monthly fee for our contract operations services, which generally is based on expected natural gas volumes and pressuresthe amount of horsepower associated with a specific application. Our customers generallyapplication, and are required to pay oura reduced monthly fee even during periods of limited or disrupted natural gas flows. We are typically responsible for the costs and expenses associated with our compression equipment used to provide the contract operations services, other thanexcept for fuel gas, which is provided by our customers.

Service Standards and Specifications. We provide contract operations services according to the particular specifications of each job, as set forth in the applicable contract. These are typically turn-keyturn–key service contracts under which we supply all services and support and use our own compression equipment to provide the contract operations services as necessary for a particular application. In certain circumstances, if the availability of our services does not meet certain percentages specified in our contracts, our customers are generally entitled, upon request, to specified credits against our service fees.

Insurance. Typically, both we and our customers are required to carry general liability, workers’ compensation, employer’s liability, automobile and excess liability insurance. We insure ourOur insurance coverage includes property damage, general liability and operationscommercial automobile liability and other coverage we believe is appropriate. Additionally, we are substantially self-insured for workers’ compensation employer’s liability, property, auto liability, general liability and employee group health claims in view of the relatively high per-incident deductibles we absorb under our insurance arrangements for these risks.

Aftermarket Services Overview

Our aftermarket services business sells parts and components and provides operations, maintenance, overhaul and reconfiguration services to customers who own compression equipment. We believe that we are particularly well–qualified to provide these services because our highly experienced operating personnel have access to the Spin-off,full range of our compression services and facilities. In addition, our aftermarket services business provides opportunities to cross–sell our contract operations business. During the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020, we fabricatedgenerated 20%, 17% and 16%, respectively, of our total revenue from aftermarket services.

Competitive Strengths

We believe we have the following key competitive strengths:

Large horsepower. We have the largest fleet of large horsepower equipment among all outsourced compression service providers in the U.S. As of December 31, 2022, 84% of our fleet, as measured by operating horsepower, was comprised of units that exceed 1,000 horsepower per unit. We believe the trends driving demand for large horsepower units will continue. These trends include (i) high levels of associated gas production from shale wells, which are generally produced at a lower initial pressure than dry gas wells, (ii) pad drilling, which brings multiple wells to a single well site with larger volumes of gas, (iii) increasing well lateral lengths, which increase natural gas flow through gas gathering systems, and production(iv) high probability drilling programs that allow for efficient infrastructure planning.

Excellent customer service. We operate in a relationship–driven, service–intensive industry and processing equipmenttherefore need to provide superior customer service. We believe that our regionally–based network, local presence, experience and in–depth knowledge of our customers’ operating needs and growth plans enable us to respond to our customers’ needs and meet their evolving demands on a timely basis. In addition, we focus on achieving a high level of reliability for the services we provide in order to maximize uptime and our customers’ production levels. We guarantee our customers 98% availability in all of our contract operations service agreements, and during the year ended December 31, 2022, our availability was 99.1%. Our sales efforts concentrate on demonstrating our commitment to enhancing our customers’ cash flows through superior customer service and after–market support.

Superior safety performance. We believe our collective safety performance is pivotal to the success of our business and is of primary importance to our customers. We have a strong safety culture and a proven ability to safely manage our business in a variety of commodity and economic environments. Our safety–centric culture has consistently produced industry–leading safety performance for many years, including a 2022 total recordable incident rate of 0.32.

Large and stable customer base. We have strong relationships with a deep base of midstream companies and natural gas and crude oil producers. Our contract operations revenue base is sourced from approximately 340 customers operating throughout all major U.S. natural gas and crude oil producing regions.

Diversified geographic footprint. We operate in substantially all major natural gas and crude oil producing regions in the U.S. Increased size and geographic scopedensity offer compression services providers operating and cost advantages. As the number of compression applicationslocations and size of the compression fleet increases, the number of required sales, administrative and maintenance personnel increases at a lesser rate, resulting in operational efficiencies and potential cost advantages. Additionally, broad geographic scope allows compression service providers to more efficiently provide services to all customers, particularly those with compression applications in remote locations. Our large fleet and numerous operating locations throughout the U.S., combined with our ability to efficiently move equipment among producing regions, mean that we are not dependent on production activity in any particular region. We believe our large, diverse fleet of compression equipmentsize, geographic scope and broad geographiccustomer base of operations and related operational personnel give us more flexibility in meeting our customers’ needs than many of our competitors and provide us with improved operating expertise and business development opportunities.

Long operating history. We have a long, sustained history of operating in the compression industry and a robust database of fleet financial and operating metrics that provides an advantage compared to our younger competitors. We have extensive experience working with our customers to meet their evolving needs.

Financial resilience and flexibility. We have historically shown and are committed to maintaining capital discipline and financial strength, which is critical in a cyclical industry and business such as ours. Maintaining ample liquidity and a prudent balance sheet supports our ability to continue to deliver on our long–term strategies and positions us to take advantage of future growth opportunities as they arise.

Technology Transformation. As of the end of 2021, we had completed several major phases of a process and technology transformation project that enables us to harness technology in all aspects of our business to drive operational efficiencies and enhance our value proposition to our customers. Our investments have focused on the automation of workflows, integration of digital and mobile tools for our field service technicians and expanded remote monitoring capabilities of our compressor fleets. This project, among other things, has helped us achieve increased asset uptime, improved the efficiency of our field service technicians, improved our supply chain and inventory management and reduced our emissions and carbon footprint, thereby improving our profitability as discussed further below in “Business Strategies.”

Business Strategies

We intend to continue to capitalize on our competitive strengths to meet our customers’ needs through the following key strategies:

Capitalize on the long–term fundamentals for the U.S. natural gas compression industry. We believe our ability to efficiently meet our customers’ evolving compression needs, our long–standing customer relationships and our large compression fleet will enable us to capitalize on what we believe are favorable long–term fundamentals for the U.S. natural gas compression industry. These fundamentals include significant natural gas resources in the U.S., increased unconventional oil and natural gas production, decreasing natural reservoir pressures and expected increased natural gas demand in the U.S. from the growth of liquefied natural gas exports, exports of natural gas via pipeline to Mexico, power generation and industrial uses.

Improve profitability. We are focused on increasing productivity and optimizing our processes. Between 2019 and 2021, we invested in a process and technology transformation project that replaced our existing ERP, supply chain and inventory management systems and expanded the remote monitoring capabilities of our compression fleet. During 2022, our focus shifted to the integration of our process and technology transformation project into our operations, which we expect will lower our internal costs and improve our profitability over time. Implementing telematics and advanced data analysis across our fleet has enabled us to respond more quickly and optimally to downtime events, minimize prolonged troubleshooting, prevent unnecessary unit touches and stops, which are the primary cause of wear and tear of the

Our operations are subject to stringent and complex U.S. federal, state and local laws and regulations governing the discharge of materials into the environment or otherwise relating to protection of the environment and to occupational safety and health. Compliance with these environmental laws and regulations may expose us to significant costs and liabilities and cause us to incur significant capital expenditures in our operations. Failure to comply with these laws and regulations may result in the assessment of administrative, civil and criminal penalties, imposition of investigatory and remedial obligations and the issuance of injunctions delaying or prohibiting operations. We believe that our operations are in substantial compliance with applicable environmental, health and safety and health laws and regulations and that continued compliance with currently applicable requirements would not have a material adverse effect on us. However, the trend in environmental regulation has been to place more restrictions on activities that may affect the environment, and thus, any changes in these laws and regulations that result in more stringent and costly waste handling, storage, transport, disposal, emission or remediation requirements could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations and financial position.

The primary U.S. federal environmental laws to which our operations are subject include the CAA and regulations thereunder, which regulate air emissions; the CWA and regulations thereunder, which regulate the discharge of pollutants in industrial wastewater and storm water runoff; the RCRA and regulations thereunder, which regulate the management and disposal of hazardous and non-hazardousnon–hazardous solid wastes; and the CERCLA and regulations thereunder, known more commonly as “Superfund,” which impose liability for the remediation of releases of hazardous substances in the environment. We are also subject to regulation under the OSHA and regulations thereunder, which regulate the protection of the safety and health of workers. Analogous state and local laws and regulations may also apply.

The CAA and analogous state laws and their implementing regulations regulate emissions of air pollutants from various sources, including natural gas compressors, and also impose various monitoring and reporting requirements. Such laws and regulations may require a facility to obtain pre-approvalpre–approval for the construction or modification of certain projects or facilities expected to produce air emissions or result in the increase of existing air emissions, obtain and strictly comply with air permits containing various emissions and operational limitations, or utilize specific emission control technologies to limit emissions. Our standard contract operations agreement typically provides that the customer will assume permitting responsibilities and certain environmental risks related to site operations.

While the EPA published a proposed rulein 2020 adopted deregulatory amendments to stay certain portions of the June 2016 standards for two years and reevaluate the entirety of the 2016 standards, butrule that removed the EPA has not yet publishedtransmission and storage segments from the final ruleoil and asnatural gas source category and rescinded the methane–specific requirements for production and processing facilities, that 2020 rulemaking was voided by action of Congress and the President effective June 30, 2021. As a result, the June 2016 rule remainsrules became effective again immediately. Further, in effect but future implementation of the 2016 standards is uncertain at this time. It is anticipated thatNovember 2021, the EPA proposed the framework for more stringent methane rules for newer sources, along with emissions standards that will attemptfor the first time be applicable to make additional deregulatory changesexisting sources, with both a supplemental rule proposal by the EPA and a separate BoLM rule proposal addressing methane emissions on public lands issued in November 2022. Among the newly proposed methane requirements that may impact our operations broader applicability to compression equipment relative to the NSPS going forward. At this time, weexisting rules, increased work practices and inspection requirements and mandates for certain new zero–emissions equipment.

Meanwhile, several states — including, most notably, New Mexico and Colorado — have been developing their own more stringent methane rules that will or are anticipated to impose additional requirements on the industry and that may be effective sooner than any new EPA rules. We, together with a consortium of other Gas Compressor Association member companies, were actively involved in the rulemaking effort in New Mexico, including working directly with the New Mexico Environmental Department and participating in the New Mexico Environmental Improvement Board’s hearing in late 2021.

We do not believe that the rulecurrent rules will have a material adverse impact on our business, financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

General. New environmental regulations and proposals similar to these, when finalized, and any other new regulations requiring the installation of more sophisticated pollution control equipment or the adoption of other environmental protection measures, could have a material adverse impact on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

Congress has previously considered legislation will become law in the near future, although energyto restrict or regulate emissions of greenhouse gases. Energy legislation and other initiatives continue to be proposed that may be relevant to greenhouse gas emissions issues. Almost half of the states, either individually or through multi-statemulti–state regional initiatives, have begun to address greenhouse gas emissions, primarily through the planned development of emission inventories or regional greenhouse gas cap and trade programs. Although most of the state-levelstate–level initiatives have to date been focused on large sources of greenhouse gas emissions, such as electric power plants, it is possible that smaller sources such as our gas-firednatural gas–powered compressors could become subject to greenhouse gas-relatedgas–related regulation. Depending on the particular program, we could be required to control emissions or to purchase and surrender allowances for greenhouse gas emissions resulting from our operations.

Independent of Congress, the EPA has promulgated regulations controlling greenhouse gas emissions under its existing CAA authority. The EPA has adopted rules requiring many facilities, including petroleum and natural gas systems, to inventory and report their greenhouse gas emissions. TheseIn 2021, we did not operate any facilities that were subject to these reporting obligations were triggered for some sites we operated in 2017.

In an executive order issued on January 20, 2021, the POTUS asked the heads of all executive departments and agencies to review and take action to address any federal regulations, orders, guidance documents, policies and any similar agency actions promulgated during the prior administration that may be inconsistent with or present obstacles to the administration’s stated goals of protecting public health and the environment, and conserving national monuments and refuges. The executive order also established an Interagency Working Group on the Social Cost of Greenhouse Gases, which is called on to, among other things, capture the full costs of greenhouse gas emissions, including the “social cost of carbon,” “social cost of nitrous oxide” and “social cost of methane,” which are “the monetized damages associated with incremental increases in greenhouse gas emissions,” including “changes in net agricultural productivity, human health, property damage from increased flood risk, and the value of ecosystem services.” The current administration adopted an interim social cost of carbon of $51 per ton in February 2021, with an updated cost figure of $190 per ton, as suggested by the EPA, expected to be announced by the Interagency Working Group in April 2023. That figure is intended to be used to guide federal decisions on the costs and benefits of various policies and approvals; such efforts have been the subject of a series of judicial challenges, which have been largely unsuccessful to date. At this

Although it is not currently possible to predict how these executive orders, national commitments or any proposed or future greenhouse gas or climate change legislation or regulation promulgated by Congress, the states or multi-statemulti–state regions will impact our business, any regulation of greenhouse gas emissions that may be imposed in areas in which we conduct business could result in increased compliance costs or additional operating restrictions or reduced demand for our services, and could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

The CWA and analogous state laws and their implementing regulations impose restrictions and strict controls with respect to the discharge of pollutants into state waters or waters of the U.S. The discharge of pollutants into regulated waters is prohibited, except in accordance with the terms of a permit issued by the EPA or an analogous state agency. In addition, the CWA regulates storm water discharges associated with industrial activities depending on a facility’s primary standard industrial classification. SeveralFour of our facilities have applied for and obtained industrial wastewater discharge permits as well asand/or have sought coverage under local wastewater ordinances. U.S. federal laws also require development and implementation of spill prevention, controls and countermeasure plans, including appropriate containment berms and similar structures to help prevent the contamination of navigable waters in the event of a petroleum hydrocarbon tank spill, rupture or leak at such facilities. The definition of “waters of the United States” and, relatedly, the scope of CWA jurisdiction, have been the subject of notable rulemaking efforts and judicial challenges over several decades. As a result of judicial and regulatory action, different approaches to the definitions adopted in 2015 and in 2020 by the EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers were stayed or vacated during 2021, with the effect of restoring to effectiveness rules and guidance from the mid–1980s. In October 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in a case on the appropriate scope of CWA jurisdiction; the outcome of that case may shape the administration’s approach to its ongoing jurisdictional rulemaking effort. In the meantime, in October 2022, the EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers announced a final rule intended to provide a legally durable definition of “waters of the United States” designed to clarify and stabilize the scope of the agencies’ jurisdictions. The final rule, which was published in the Federal Register in January 2023 and becomes effective on March 20, 2023, restores certain water protections that were in place prior to 2015 under the CWA for traditional navigable water, the territorial areas, interstate waters and upstream water resources that significantly affect those waters.

RCRA and analogous state laws and their implementing regulations govern the generation, transportation, treatment, storage and disposal of hazardous and non-hazardousnon–hazardous solid wastes. During the course of our operations, we generate wastes (including, but not limited to, used oil, antifreeze, used oil filters, sludges, paints, solvents and abrasive blasting materials) in quantities regulated under RCRA. The EPA and various state agencies have limited the approved methods of disposal for these types of wastes. CERCLA and analogous state laws and their implementing regulations impose strict, and under certain conditions, joint and several liability without regard to fault or the legality of the original conduct on classes of persons who are considered to be responsible for the release of a hazardous substance into the environment. These persons include current and past owners and operators of the facility or disposal site where the release occurred and any company that transported, disposed of, or arranged for the transport or disposal of the hazardous substances released at the site. Under CERCLA, such persons may be subject to joint and several liability for the costs of cleaning up the hazardous substances that have been released into the environment, for damages to natural resources and for the costs of certain health studies. In addition, where contamination may be present, it is not uncommon for neighboring landowners and other third parties to file claims for personal injury, property damage and recovery of response costs allegedly caused by hazardous substances or other pollutants released into the environment.

We currently own or lease, and in the past have owned or leased, a number of properties that have been used in support of our operations for a number of years. Although we have utilized operating and disposal practices that were standard in the industry at the time, hydrocarbons, hazardous substances, or other regulated wastes may have been disposed of or released on or under the properties owned or leased by us or on or under other locations where such materials have been taken for disposal by companies sub-contractedsub–contracted by us. In addition, many of these properties have been previously owned or operated by third parties whose treatment and disposal or release of hydrocarbons, hazardous substances or other regulated wastes was not under our control. These properties and the materials released or disposed thereon may be subject to CERCLA, RCRA and analogous state laws. Under such laws, we could be required to remove or remediate historical property contamination, or to perform certain operations to prevent future contamination. At certain of such sites, we are currently working with the prior owners who have undertaken to monitor and clean up contamination that occurred prior to our acquisition of these sites. We are not currently under any order requiring that we undertake or pay for any cleanup activities. However, we cannot provide any assurance that we will not receive any such order in the future.

We are subject to the requirements of the OSHA and comparable state statutes. These laws and the implementing regulations strictly govern the protection of the safety and health of employees. The OSHAOSHA’s hazard communication standard, the EPAEPA’s community right-to-knowright–to–know regulations under Title III of CERCLA and similar state statutes require that we organize and/or disclose information about hazardous materials used or produced in our operations.

The COVID–19 pandemic has largely run its course in the U.S. While we do have comprehensive pandemic–focused procedures in place, we relaxed many of the COVID–19–specific requirements in late 2022 in light of, among other things, our COVID–19 case trends and similar relaxation of restrictions and controls by local and federal government authorities, in reliance on the latest recommendations and assessments of relevant medical experts. If conditions change, such as we see an increase in the number of new COVID–19 cases or governmental and/or medical advice changes, we will carefully consider reimplementing appropriate procedures geared toward ensuring the health, safety and well–being of our employees, customer and vendors. At this time, we do not know if or how any additional developments with the pandemic, if any, or any regulatory initiatives adopted in response to any such developments, will affect our operations. We will continue to monitor and act in accordance with applicable law and in the best interests of our employees and those with whom we interact.

Human Capital

As of December 31, 2017,2022, we hademployed approximately 1,7001,100 employees in 15 states and conducted business in 41 states. None of our employees are subject to a collective bargaining agreement.

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Pandemics, such as the COVID–19 pandemic, or other public health crises could significantly impact public health, economic growth, supply chains and markets. While the magnitude and duration of potential social, economic and labor instability as a direct result of the COVID–19 pandemic cannot be estimated at this time, we continue to maintainclosely monitor the effects of the pandemic on commodity demands and on our customers, as well as on our operations and employees. These effects may include adverse revenue and net income effects, disruptions to our operations and supply chain, customer shutdowns of oil and gas exploration and production, employee impacts from illness, school closures and other community response measures, and temporary inaccessibility or closures of our facilities or the facilities of our customers and suppliers.

Business and as its overall impact is uncertain, we noteOperational Risks

Our operations entail inherent risks that the TCJA could adversely affect our business and financial condition. The impact of this tax reform legislation on holders of our common stock is also uncertainmay result in substantial liability. We do not insure against all potential losses and could be adverse.

An affiliate of Hilcorp holds a significant portion of our natural gas compressors for ad valorem tax purposes,common stock, and Hilcorp’s interest as wellan equity holder may conflict with the interests of our other shareholders or our noteholders.

Old Ocean Reserves, an affiliate of our customer Hilcorp, has the right to designate one director to serve on our Board of Directors as long as Old Ocean Reserves or it successors (together with its affiliates) owns at least 7.5% of our outstanding common stock. As of December 31, 2022, Old Ocean Reserves owned 10.8% of our outstanding common stock. Given its ownership level and board representation, Old Ocean Reserves may have some influence over our operations and strategic direction and may have interests that conflict with the location where our natural gas compressors are taxable, under revised Texas statutes.interests of other equity and debt holders.

We paid quarterly cash dividends of $0.12$0.145 per share of common stock with respect to each quarter of 2017.during the year ended December 31, 2022. We cannot provide assurance that we will, at any time in the future, again generate sufficient surplus cash that would be available for distribution to the holders of our common stock as a dividend or that our Board of Directors would determine to use any such surplus orof our net profits to pay a dividend.