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):  February 1, 2001



                            MAVERICK TUBE CORPORATION
                  ---------------------------------------------

             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)



          Delaware                      1-10651                  43-1455766
    ---------------------            ------------              ---------------
(State or Other Jurisdiction          (Commission               (IRS Employer
      of Incorporation)              File Number)            Identification No.)



16401 Swingley Ridge Road, Suite 700, Chesterfield, Missouri             63017
------------------------------------------------------------          ----------
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)                              (Zip Code)


                                 (636) 733-1600
                          -----------------------------

              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

                                 Not applicable.
                 -----------------------------------------------
         (Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)


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ITEM 7.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

         (c)     Exhibits
                 --------

Exhibit          Description
-------          -----------

99.1             Slide Show Presentation first presented by Maverick Tube
                 Corporation on February 1, 2001.



ITEM 9.  REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE

     During the month of February,  2001 Maverick Tube  Corporation  will give a
slide  show   presentation   during   meetings  with  various   individual   and
institutional  investors.  The slide show  presentation  is  attached  hereto as
Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.



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<PAGE>

                                    SIGNATURE


     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 hereunto duly authorized.

Dated:   February 1, 2001


                                      MAVERICK TUBE CORPORATION


                                      By: /s/ Pamela G. Boone
                                          --------------------------------------
                                          Pamela G. Boone
                                          Controller and Assistant Secretary


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<PAGE>

                                  EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit       Description
-------       -----------

99.1          Slide Show Presentation first presented by Maverick Tube
              Corporation on February 1, 2001.
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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):  February 1, 2001

                            MAVERICK TUBE CORPORATION
                  ---------------------------------------------

             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

          Delaware                      1-10651                  43-1455766
    ---------------------            ------------              ---------------
(State or Other Jurisdiction          (Commission               (IRS Employer
      of Incorporation)              File Number)            Identification No.)

16401 Swingley Ridge Road, Suite 700, Chesterfield, Missouri             63017
------------------------------------------------------------          ----------
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)                              (Zip Code)

                                 (636) 733-1600
                          -----------------------------

              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

                                 Not applicable.
                 -----------------------------------------------
         (Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
ITEM 7.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

         (c)     Exhibits
                 --------

Exhibit          Description
-------          -----------

99.1             Slide Show Presentation first presented by Maverick Tube
                 Corporation on February 1, 2001.

ITEM 9.  REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE

     During the month of February,  2001 Maverick Tube  Corporation  will give a
slide  show   presentation   during   meetings  with  various   individual   and
institutional  investors.  The slide show  presentation  is  attached  hereto as
Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

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SIGNATURE

     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 hereunto duly authorized.

Dated:   February 1, 2001

                                      MAVERICK TUBE CORPORATION

                                      By: /s/ Pamela G. Boone
                                          --------------------------------------
                                          Pamela G. Boone
                                          Controller and Assistant Secretary

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit       Description
-------       -----------

99.1          Slide Show Presentation first presented by Maverick Tube
              Corporation on February 1, 2001.