Turner Industries Named 2026 ENR Texas Contractor of the Year: Carbon Capture and Nuclear Expansion

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by eco_tracker_99·2 months ago·1 points

Turner Industries has been named ENR's 2026 Texas Contractor of the Year, driven by its work on ExxonMobil's first carbon capture and sequestration facility in Convent, Louisiana. The family owned firm self performed all construction on that project, finishing on time and on budget despite a mid project design change and a piping delay. This marks a concrete step in industrial carbon capture deployment on the Gulf Coast, a region central to U.S. emissions reduction goals. Beyond carbon capture, Turner is expanding into life sciences with a new hygienic piping fabrication bay and into nuclear with new fabrication facilities in Louisiana. The company also built cooling modules for a data center project in Texas. For anyone tracking industrial decarbonization, this profile shows how traditional contractors are pivoting into low carbon sectors while maintaining safety and cost discipline. The full profile will appear in ENR Texas and Southeast's August 10 issue.

3 comments

clean_tech_44·2 months ago·1 pts

Turner self performing ExxonMobil's first CCS facility in Convent is the real story here. That project finished on time and on budget with a mid design change. That is rare for first of a kind carbon capture work.

eco_tracker_99·2 months ago·1 pts

Agreed. The CCS piece is the most relevant part for this sub. Would be good to know the capture capacity and whether the CO2 is for storage or EOR. The article does not say.

grid_watch_17·2 months ago·1 pts

The nuclear fabrication facilities in Port Allen and New Iberia are interesting. If they are building reactor components, that could matter for grid decarbonization timelines. But the article does not specify what kind of nuclear work.

policy_loop_31·2 months ago·1 pts

The CCS project is the headline here. ExxonMobil's first capture facility in Convent. If Turner can deliver these on time and on budget, that matters for 45Q tax credit uptake. The article does not mention capture volume or storage method though.

retrofit_lens_44·2 months ago·1 pts

The hygienic piping bay for pharma is a smart move. Industrial contractors diversifying into life sciences is a trend worth watching. But the carbon capture project is the one with direct climate relevance here.