HOUSTON, Jan. 6, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Willbros Group, Inc. (NYSE: WG) today announced that it made a payment of $32.75 million to West African Gas Pipeline Company Limited ("WAPCO") on December 30, 2014. The Company has now paid in full all sums due under the March 29, 2012 Settlement Agreement with WAPCO.  John T. McNabb, II, Chairman and CEO, commented: "With this matter fully behind us, we now have the flexibility in our credit facility to address the multiple opportunities in energy infrastructure we see ahead of us."  

Willbros is a specialty energy infrastructure contractor serving the oil, gas, refining, petrochemical and power industries. Our offerings include engineering, procurement and construction (either individually or as an integrated EPC service offering), turnarounds, maintenance, facilities development and operations services. For more information on Willbros, please visit our web site at www.willbros.com.

This announcement contains forward-looking statements.  All statements, other than statements of historical facts, which address activities, events or developments the Company expects or anticipates will or may occur in the future, are forward-looking statements.  A number of risks and uncertainties could cause actual results to differ materially from these statements, including unanticipated accounting or other issues regarding any material weakness in internal control over financial reporting as a result of the restatement of financial statements; inability of the Company or its independent auditor to confirm relevant information or data; unanticipated issues that prevent or delay the Company's independent auditor from completing its review of financial statements or that require additional efforts, procedures or review; the untimely filing of financial statements; the impact of any investigations and lawsuits; the identification of one or more issues, including those relating to the restatement discussed above, that require restatement of one or more other prior period financial statements; ability to remain in compliance with, or obtain waivers under, the Company's existing loan agreements; inability to obtain adequate financing on reasonable terms; ability to dispose of businesses and assets in a timely manner at reasonable valuations; the existence of other material weaknesses in internal control over financial reporting; contract and billing disputes; new legislation or regulations detrimental to the economic operation of refining capacity in the United States; availability of quality management; availability and terms of capital; timely award of prospective projects the Company is pursuing; changes in, or the failure to comply with, government regulations; the promulgation, application, and interpretation of environmental laws and regulations; future E&P capital expenditures; oil, gas, gas liquids, and power prices and demand; the amount and location of planned pipelines; poor refinery crack spreads; delay of planned refinery outages and upgrades and development trends of the oil, gas, power, refining and petrochemical industries; as well as other risk factors described from time to time in the Company's documents and reports filed with the SEC.  The Company assumes no obligation to update publicly such forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required by law.

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