NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Two companies are looking at building large facilities along the Mississippi River south of New Orleans where they can export natural gas to the world market, another sign of the expanding footprint of the natural gas industry in Louisiana.

Until now, the area around Lake Charles has been the center of a boom in the market to import and export natural gas with 10 projects in various stages of development there. Two large facilities — Cheniere Energy's Sabine Pass LNG and Sempra Energy's Cameron LNG — are under construction. Cheniere plans to make its first overseas shipment of LNG in January. Click here to read more ...