UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                             CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT
                          TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  January 3, 2005

                            MAVERICK TUBE CORPORATION
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

       Delaware                         1-10651                   43-1455766
   (State or other             (Commission File Number)        (IRS Employer
jurisdiction of incorporation)                              Identification No.)

16401 Swingley Ridge Road, Suite 700, Chesterfield, Missouri              63017
(Address of principal executive offices)                             (Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code:  (636) 733-1600

                                       N/A
         (Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to
simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the
following provisions (see General Instruction A.2):

|_| Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR
 230.425)

|_| Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14a-12)

|_| Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange
Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

|_| Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange
Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
<PAGE>
Section 5 - Corporate Governance and Management

Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Principal Officers.

     On January 3, 2005, the Registrant's Board of Directors elected Gerald Hage
as a director of the registrant.  Mr. Hage, 57, has  considerable  experience in
the oilfield  services sector having served in a number of managerial  positions
with Baker Hughes Incorporated,  including President of Baker Oil Tools, as well
as having founded two successful  entrepreneurial  oil service  companies during
the past fifteen years.

     Mr.  Hage  has  not  been  appointed  to any  committees  of the  Board  of
Directors,  and no determination has been made as to any committees of the Board
of  Directors  to  which  he  may  be  appointed.  There  is no  arrangement  or
understanding  between Mr. Hage and any other person  pursuant to which Mr. Hage
was  selected  as a  director  of the  Registrant,  and there is no  information
required to be  disclosed  with  respect to Mr. Hage  pursuant to Item 404(a) of
Regulation S-K.

     The Registrant  issued a press release  announcing the election of Mr. Hage
on January 4, 2004.  A copy of the press  release is attached  hereto as Exhibit
99.1 and is incorporated into this Item 5.02 by reference.

Section 9 - Financial Statements and Exhibits

Item 9.01  Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(c)      Exhibits

         No.               Description

         99.1              Text of press release dated January 4, 2005
<PAGE>
                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

                                        MAVERICK TUBE CORPORATION


Date:  January 5, 2005                  By: /s/ Joyce M. Schuldt
                                            ------------------------- ----------
                                            Joyce M. Schuldt
                                            Vice President, Chief Legal Counsel
                                            and Assistant Secretary
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UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                             CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT
                          TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  January 3, 2005

                            MAVERICK TUBE CORPORATION
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

       Delaware                         1-10651                   43-1455766
   (State or other             (Commission File Number)        (IRS Employer
jurisdiction of incorporation)                              Identification No.)

16401 Swingley Ridge Road, Suite 700, Chesterfield, Missouri              63017
(Address of principal executive offices)                             (Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code:  (636) 733-1600

                                       N/A
         (Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to
simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the
following provisions (see General Instruction A.2):

|_| Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR
 230.425)

|_| Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14a-12)

|_| Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange
Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

|_| Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange
Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Section 5 - Corporate Governance and Management

Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Principal Officers.

     On January 3, 2005, the Registrant's Board of Directors elected Gerald Hage
as a director of the registrant.  Mr. Hage, 57, has  considerable  experience in
the oilfield  services sector having served in a number of managerial  positions
with Baker Hughes Incorporated,  including President of Baker Oil Tools, as well
as having founded two successful  entrepreneurial  oil service  companies during
the past fifteen years.

     Mr.  Hage  has  not  been  appointed  to any  committees  of the  Board  of
Directors,  and no determination has been made as to any committees of the Board
of  Directors  to  which  he  may  be  appointed.  There  is no  arrangement  or
understanding  between Mr. Hage and any other person  pursuant to which Mr. Hage
was  selected  as a  director  of the  Registrant,  and there is no  information
required to be  disclosed  with  respect to Mr. Hage  pursuant to Item 404(a) of
Regulation S-K.

     The Registrant  issued a press release  announcing the election of Mr. Hage
on January 4, 2004.  A copy of the press  release is attached  hereto as Exhibit
99.1 and is incorporated into this Item 5.02 by reference.

Section 9 - Financial Statements and Exhibits

Item 9.01  Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(c)      Exhibits

         No.               Description

         99.1              Text of press release dated January 4, 2005
SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

                                        MAVERICK TUBE CORPORATION

Date:  January 5, 2005                  By: /s/ Joyce M. Schuldt
                                            ------------------------- ----------
                                            Joyce M. Schuldt
                                            Vice President, Chief Legal Counsel
                                            and Assistant Secretary