New Fortress Energy Inc. (NFE) has pushed back in-service dates for liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects in Mexico and Nicaragua to early next year. 

The company had expected to finish an onshore LNG import terminal and merchant power plant in Baja California Sur, Mexico, and a natural gas-fired power plant in Nicaragua by the end of this year. The Nicaragua project also would be supplied by an offshore storage and regasification terminal.

But the company said in its third quarter earnings results that it now expects those projects to be operational in 1Q2021, citing “minor delays” in permitting and construction. Third quarter gas volumes came in slightly below NFE’s guidance given that the company has delayed the initial ramp of volumes to the Nicaragua facility and cut...