OKLAHOMA CITY, May 8, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Compressco Partners, L.P. (NASDAQ: GSJK) announced today that Geoffrey M. Hertel has retired as a member of the board of directors of its general partner, Compressco Partners GP Inc. (the General Partner), and will no longer serve as the board's Chairman, effective May 6, 2014. Also on May 6, 2014, the sole shareholder of the General Partner appointed Stuart M. Brightman, a currently-serving director, as Chairman of the board of directors, and appointed Paul D. Coombs as an independent member of the board of directors to fill the vacancy created by Mr. Hertel's retirement.

Ronald J. Foster, President and a director of the General Partner, stated, "We are extremely pleased to be adding Paul Coombs to our board of directors. Paul's many years of service with TETRA Technologies, Inc. and his in-depth knowledge of the oil and gas services industry overall, will be a valuable resource for our board. Paul also currently serves as a director and a member of the audit and corporate governance committees of the board of directors of Balchem Corporation, a developer and manufacturer of specialty performance ingredients and products for the food, pharmaceutical, and medical sterilization industries in the United States and internationally."

"I would also like to extend our heartfelt thanks to Geoff Hertel for his many years of service to Compressco and TETRA. Compressco Partners exists today in its current form largely due to Geoff's determination and entrepreneurial vision. His pragmatic management of our board and his tireless efforts as an advocate for the Partnership were sincerely appreciated. On behalf of the board and all of Compressco's employees, I wish him all the best in his well-earned retirement."

Compressco Partners is a provider of compression-based production enhancement services, which are used in both conventional wellhead compression applications and unconventional compression applications, and in certain circumstances, well monitoring and sand separation services. Compressco Partners provides services to a broad base of natural gas and oil exploration and production companies operating throughout many of the onshore producing regions of the United States. Internationally, Compressco Partners has significant operations in Mexico and Canada and a growing presence in certain countries in South America, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific region. Compressco Partners is managed by Compressco Partners GP Inc., which is an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of TETRA Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: TTI).

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