MVK Maverick Tube

Maverick Tube Corporation (NYSE:MVK) announced today that it has appointed Brion Talley as its Vice President - Steel Sourcing. Mr. Talley has been in the steel industry for 22 years, most recently as Vice President - Steel Division with JFE Shoji Trade America in Long Beach, California. C. Robert Bunch, Maverick's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, said, "We are very excited to have Brion as part of our team. As an experienced and well-respected member of the steel community, we expect him to be instrumental in directing and executing our raw material strategy." Mr. Talley received his BA from the University of Maryland and his MBA from Pepperdine University. He will be relocating to the St. Louis area. Maverick Tube Corporation is a St. Louis, Missouri based manufacturer of tubular products in the energy industry for exploration, production, and transmission, as well as industrial tubing products (steel electrical conduit, standard pipe, pipe piling, and mechanical tubing) used in various applications. This news release may contain 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, 2005.