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 4, 2003



                            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 9.  REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE

Maverick  Tube  Corporation  announced  on  February  4, 2003 the closing of its
Youngstown, Ohio Manufacturing facility. The press release is attached hereto as
Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.



                                    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 4, 2003


                            MAVERICK TUBE CORPORATION


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




                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

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

99.1           Press Release Dated February 4, 2003


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                                  EX 99.1 - Press Release Dated February 4, 2003

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                February 4, 2003

For further information contact:                     Pamela G. Boone
                                                     Vice President Finance, CFO
                                                     636-733-1600

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                           MAVERICK TUBE CORPORATION
        Announces Closing of its Youngstown, Ohio Manufacturing Facility

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

     St.  Louis,  February  4,  2003  -  Maverick  Tube  Corporation  (NYSE:MVK)
announced its plans to close its Youngstown,  Ohio manufacturing facility during
the second  quarter of 2003.  All of  Youngstown's  production  will be moved to
Maverick's  manufacturing  facilities  in  Hickman,   Arkansas.  The  Youngstown
facility  helped  service  Maverick's  large  diameter  line and  standard  pipe
customers.  Total cash  requirements for the plant closure are anticipated to be
modest,  including severance and other benefit costs and accruals for continuing
preservation  of the assets.  These costs are being accrued for in the Company's
preliminary  purchase price allocation for the tubular division of the LTV Steel
Corporation, which was completed on December 31, 2002.

     Customer needs in the large diameter line and standard pipe markets will be
serviced by the state-of-the-art  16-inch mill in Hickman,  Arkansas, which will
now be  running at a higher  rate of  capacity.  This  improvement  in  capacity
utilization  should  reduce  manufacturing  costs  of  these  products  at  that
facility.

     Gregg  Eisenberg,   Maverick's  Chairman,  President  and  Chief  Executive
Officer,  stated,  "Continued  declines in the volumes of line and standard pipe
produced at the  Youngstown  facility  have  resulted in  significant  operating
losses over the last few years. While we anticipate  spending a modest amount of
cash to close the Youngstown facility, that amount should be more than offset in
less than a year by reduced  steel,  conversion  and freight  costs  incurred in
serving our customers.  We can readily service all of our customers'  needs from
the new large  diameter  facility in Hickman,  Arkansas  and still have  further
capacity with which to serve a growing market for our energy products."

     Maverick Tube Corporation is a St. Louis,  Missouri,  based manufacturer of
tubular  products  used  in the  energy  industry  (drilling,  production,  well
servicing and line pipe  applications),  as well as industrial  tubing  products
(HSS,   electrical   conduit  and  standard  pipe  used  in  various  industrial
applications).

     This news release  contains  forward-looking  information  that is based on
assumptions  that are  subject to  numerous  business  risks,  many of which are
beyond the control of the Company.  There is no assurance that such  assumptions
will prove to be accurate.  Actual results may differ from these forward-looking
statements  due to  numerous  factors,  including  those  described  under "Risk
Factors" and elsewhere in Maverick's  Form 10-K for its year ended  December 31,
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 4, 2003

                            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 9.  REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE

Maverick  Tube  Corporation  announced  on  February  4, 2003 the closing of its
Youngstown, Ohio Manufacturing facility. The press release is attached hereto as
Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

                                    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 4, 2003

                            MAVERICK TUBE CORPORATION

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

                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

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

99.1           Press Release Dated February 4, 2003
EX 99.1 - Press Release Dated February 4, 2003

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                February 4, 2003

For further information contact:                     Pamela G. Boone
                                                     Vice President Finance, CFO
                                                     636-733-1600

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                           MAVERICK TUBE CORPORATION
        Announces Closing of its Youngstown, Ohio Manufacturing Facility

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

     St.  Louis,  February  4,  2003  -  Maverick  Tube  Corporation  (NYSE:MVK)
announced its plans to close its Youngstown,  Ohio manufacturing facility during
the second  quarter of 2003.  All of  Youngstown's  production  will be moved to
Maverick's  manufacturing  facilities  in  Hickman,   Arkansas.  The  Youngstown
facility  helped  service  Maverick's  large  diameter  line and  standard  pipe
customers.  Total cash  requirements for the plant closure are anticipated to be
modest,  including severance and other benefit costs and accruals for continuing
preservation  of the assets.  These costs are being accrued for in the Company's
preliminary  purchase price allocation for the tubular division of the LTV Steel
Corporation, which was completed on December 31, 2002.

     Customer needs in the large diameter line and standard pipe markets will be
serviced by the state-of-the-art  16-inch mill in Hickman,  Arkansas, which will
now be  running at a higher  rate of  capacity.  This  improvement  in  capacity
utilization  should  reduce  manufacturing  costs  of  these  products  at  that
facility.

     Gregg  Eisenberg,   Maverick's  Chairman,  President  and  Chief  Executive
Officer,  stated,  "Continued  declines in the volumes of line and standard pipe
produced at the  Youngstown  facility  have  resulted in  significant  operating
losses over the last few years. While we anticipate  spending a modest amount of
cash to close the Youngstown facility, that amount should be more than offset in
less than a year by reduced  steel,  conversion  and freight  costs  incurred in
serving our customers.  We can readily service all of our customers'  needs from
the new large  diameter  facility in Hickman,  Arkansas  and still have  further
capacity with which to serve a growing market for our energy products."

     Maverick Tube Corporation is a St. Louis,  Missouri,  based manufacturer of
tubular  products  used  in the  energy  industry  (drilling,  production,  well
servicing and line pipe  applications),  as well as industrial  tubing  products
(HSS,   electrical   conduit  and  standard  pipe  used  in  various  industrial
applications).

     This news release  contains  forward-looking  information  that is based on
assumptions  that are  subject to  numerous  business  risks,  many of which are
beyond the control of the Company.  There is no assurance that such  assumptions
will prove to be accurate.  Actual results may differ from these forward-looking
statements  due to  numerous  factors,  including  those  described  under "Risk
Factors" and elsewhere in Maverick's  Form 10-K for its year ended  December 31,
2001.