SUGAR LAND--August 14, 2015--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Texas and Louisiana are hosting the 10 highest-value projects that are scheduled to kick off in the U.S. Southwest region in 2016, with Oil & Gas activity along the Gulf Coast accounting for almost all of the nearly $40 billion in total investment value, according to Industrial Info's Project Database. The growing global demand for liquefied natural gas (LNG) is driving more than half of that total.

Within this article: Details on key projects from major companies, including Summit Power Group Incorporated, Siemens AG (NYSE:SI), Energy Transfer Equity LP (NYSE:ETE), Cheniere Energy, Bechtel Group Incorporated, Chicago Bridge & Iron Company (NYSE:CBI), Sempra Energy (NYSE:SRE), Jilin Connell Group, Fluor Corporation (NYSE:FLR) and Sasol Limited (NYSE:SSL).