Freeport LNG Development LP said Friday that it now expects to restart its export terminal on the upper Texas coast sometime around the end of the year, pushing back a previous estimate for mid-December issued last month by roughly two weeks.

Spokesperson Heather Browne said the company received several key regulatory approvals Thursday that “allow us to complete certain critical repairs and commence reinstatement of certain systems.” She added that, based on current progress and further regulatory requirements, the company now expects a restart will take a bit longer. 

The operator of the 2.38 Bcf/d liquefied natural gas terminal previously said it could repair the damage from a June explosion and restart sometime by the middle of November. It again pushed its plans back to...