EXHIBIT 13



            WILLBROS GROUP, INC.


            SELECTED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL AND OTHER DATA
            
                    
            (Dollar amounts in thousands, except per share data)

                                


                                                 Year Ended December 31,
                                           ----------------------------------
                                              1998        1997        1996
                                           ----------  ----------  ----------

                                                          
  Statement of Income Data:
     Contract revenues                     $  281,618  $  251,877  $  197,688
     Operating expenses:
       Contract cost                          220,360     182,435     145,812
       Depreciation and amortization           25,552      18,936      13,932
       General and administrative              32,383      29,118      25,803
       Compensation from changes
        in redemption value of
        common stock (1)                            -           -       6,122
                                           ----------  ----------  ----------
     Operating income                           3,323      21,388       6,019
     Net interest income (expense)               (484)        304        (215)
     Minority interest                         (1,132)     (1,911)     (2,220)
     Other income (expense)                    (1,502)         58       1,472
                                           ----------  ----------  ----------
     Income before income taxes                   205      19,839       5,056
     Provision (credit) for income taxes        4,567       5,723       2,332
                                           ----------  ----------  ----------
     Net income (loss)                     $   (4,362) $   14,116  $    2,724
                                           ==========  ==========  ==========
     Earnings (loss) per share (2):
       Basic                               $     (.30) $      .97  $      .09
       Diluted                             $     (.30) $      .96  $      .09
  Cash Flow Data:
     Cash provided by (used in):
       Operating activities                $   15,199  $   45,788  $   29,961
       Investing activities                   (34,684)    (46,386)    (24,072)
       Financing activities                   (15,506)     19,747      (1,630)
  Other Data:
     EBITDA (3)                            $   26,241  $   38,471  $   19,203
     Capital expenditures                  $   36,112  $   47,272  $   24,957
     Backlog (at period end)               $  286,473  $  135,797  $  108,751
     Number of employees (at
      period end)                               2,280       4,230       3,700
  Balance Sheet Data (at period end):
     Cash and cash equivalents             $    8,247  $   43,238  $   24,118
     Working capital                           13,495      39,563      36,723
     Total assets                             159,939     201,202     147,465
     Total debt                                   758       8,574       1,340
     Redemption value of common
      stock held by plan participants               -           -           -
     Redeemable preferred stock                     -           -           -
     Stockholders' equity                     106,934     118,986      92,386




                                                       Year Ended December 31,
                                                       -----------------------
                                                          1995        1994
                                                       ----------  ----------

                                                             
  Statement of Income Data:
     Contract revenues                                 $  220,506  $  145,716
     Operating expenses:
       Contract cost                                      161,584      98,700
       Depreciation and amortization                       15,193      14,598
       General and administrative                          27,937      24,261
       Compensation from changes
        in redemption value of
        common stock (1)                                    2,100       1,681
                                                       ----------  ----------
     Operating income                                      13,692       6,476
     Net interest income (expense)                            144         835
     Minority interest                                     (1,589)     (1,758)
     Other income (expense)                                  (381)        113
                                                       ----------  ----------
     Income before income taxes                            11,866       5,666
     Provision (credit) for income taxes                      (75)     (4,146)
                                                       ----------  ----------
     Net income (loss)                                 $   11,941  $    9,812
                                                       ==========  ==========

     Earnings (loss) per share (2):
       Basic                                           $      .84  $      .70
       Diluted                                         $      .84  $      .70
  Cash Flow Data:
     Cash provided by (used in):
       Operating activities                            $   (8,396) $   (3,771)
       Investing activities                               (18,558)    (13,169)
       Financing activities                                (2,321)     (1,271)
  Other Data:
     EBITDA (3)                                        $   26,915  $   19,429
     Capital expenditures                              $   18,946  $    7,171
     Backlog (at period end)                           $  139,359  $   97,493
     Number of employees (at
      period end)                                           3,110       2,030
  Balance Sheet Data (at period end):
     Cash and cash equivalents                         $   19,859  $   49,142
     Working capital                                       38,767      28,390
     Total assets                                         149,954     131,188
     Total debt                                             3,119       5,828
     Redemption value of common
      stock held by plan participants                       7,918       5,430
     Redeemable preferred stock                            36,200      36,200
     Stockholders' equity                                  39,273      27,340



(1)  Under the Company's stock ownership plans established in
     1992 and 1995, the Company had an obligation to purchase,
     under certain conditions and at a formula price, Common Stock
     held by retiring or terminating employees.  The Company
     recorded as non-cash compensation expense the change in the
     redemption value at the end of each period using the maximum
     formula price.  In addition, in the third quarter of 1996, the
     Company recognized a non-cash compensation expense of $4,695
     for the difference between the maximum redemption value of the
     shares subject to redemption and the initial public offering
     price.  The Company's stock redemption obligations terminated
     in the fourth quarter of 1996.
(2)  Earnings per share for the year ended December 31, 1996
     is calculated after deducting $1,448 ($.10 per common share)
     of dividends on the Company's Preferred Stock.
(3)  EBITDA represents earnings (net income) before interest,
     income taxes, depreciation and amortization.  Non-cash
     compensation expenses have not been added back in calculating
     EBITDA.  EBITDA is not intended to represent cash flows for
     the period, nor has it been presented as an alternative to
     operating income as an indicator of operating performance.  It
     should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for
     measures of performance prepared in accordance with generally
     accepted accounting principles.  See the Company's
     Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows in the Company's
     Consolidated Financial Statements included elsewhere in this
     Annual Report.  EBITDA is included in this Annual Report
     because it is a basis upon which the Company assesses its
     financial performance.


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