EXHIBIT 32.2


                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                               18 U.S.C. ss.1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

         In connection with the Quarterly  Report of Natural Gas Services Group,
Inc. (the "Company") on Form 10-QSB for the period ended June 30, 2004, as filed
with the Securities and Exchange  Commission on the date hereof (the  "Report"),
I, Earl R. Wait, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18
U.S.C.  ss.1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002, that:

1.       The Report fully  complies  with the  requirements  of Section 13(a) or
         15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

2.       The  information  contained  in  the  Report  fairly  presents,  in all
         material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of
         the Company.



                      /s/Earl R. Wait
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                    Earl R. Wait
                    Chief Financial Officer

                    August 11, 2004