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): April 18, 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 5.  OTHER EVENTS.

Maverick Tube Corporation will supply certain historical  financial  information
to certain analysts who cover  Maverick's  common stock during its first quarter
2001 earnings conference call on Wednesday April 18, 2001 at 10:00 a.m. CDT. The
financial information is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.


ITEM 7.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

         None.



                                    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:   April 18, 2001


                            MAVERICK TUBE CORPORATION


                                    By:  /s/ Pamela G. Boone
                                       __________________________________
                                               Pamela G. Boone
                                               Chief Financial Officer




                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit        Description
_______        ___________

99.1           Certain Historical Financial Information
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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): April 18, 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 5.  OTHER EVENTS.

Maverick Tube Corporation will supply certain historical  financial  information
to certain analysts who cover  Maverick's  common stock during its first quarter
2001 earnings conference call on Wednesday April 18, 2001 at 10:00 a.m. CDT. The
financial information is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

ITEM 7.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

         None.

                                    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:   April 18, 2001

                            MAVERICK TUBE CORPORATION

                                    By:  /s/ Pamela G. Boone
                                       __________________________________
                                               Pamela G. Boone
                                               Chief Financial Officer

                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit        Description
_______        ___________

99.1           Certain Historical Financial Information