Petroleum Refining Projects Proliferate in $10 Billion of Industrial Project Activity in Jefferson County, Texas

SUGAR LAND--June 16, 2009--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--In southeast Texas, in the heart of oil and gas country, is Jefferson County, consistently one of the counties with the most industrial project activity in the U.S. Currently, the county is hosting 155 active industrial projects totaling $10.3 billion. Eighty of these projects, totaling $4.4 billion and accounting for about 45% of the total combined value of the projects, are for projects at petroleum refineries in Beaumont and Port Arthur, Texas.

Other companies featured: ExxonMobil (NYSE:XOM), Valero Energy Corporation (NYSE:VLO), Jacobs Engineering Group Incorporated (NYSE:JEC), ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP), Chicago Bridge & Iron Company (NYSE:CBI)