Maverick Tube Corporation Announces 1st Quarter Earnings Conference Call Wednesday, April 26, 2006, at 11:00 a.m. ET

Business Wire, April 7, 2006

ST. LOUIS -- MAVERICK TUBE CORPORATION (NYSE:MVK), has scheduled a conference call for Wednesday, April 26, 2006 at 10:00 a.m. CT via live Internet Webcast. The purpose of the call is to discuss financial results for the Company's first quarter. Maverick's management will discuss various aspects of its first quarter financial report, review key factors impacting its business and answer questions from the investment community.

The conference broadcast can be accessed at the Investor Relations section of the Company's website, located at http://www.mavericktube.com. A replay of the conference call will also be available at the Investor Relations section of the Company's website, after 1:00 p.m. CT on April 26, 2005.

The Company's financial results are expected to be released after the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Tuesday, April 25, 2006.

Maverick Tube Corporation is a St. Louis, Missouri based manufacturer of welded tubular steel products used in the oil and natural gas industry, as well as industrial tubing products (steel electrical conduit, standard pipe, pipe piling, and mechanical tubing) used in various industrial 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.