Maverick Tube Corporation Announces the Appointment of Brion Talley as Vice President - Steel Sourcing

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.