New Fortress Energy Inc. has shipped the final jack-up rig to complete its first floating liquefaction facility offshore Mexico’s east coast and now expects first LNG production by next month. 

NFE said last week that the Pioneer 2 platform set sail from a Kiewit Corp. shipyard in Ingleside, Texas. It is one of three rigs that will make up the company’s first floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) facility. The unit will be used to liquefy natural gas and comes after the Pioneer 1 rig was installed offshore Altamira in Tamaulipas state for gas treatment. The Pioneer 3 rig has also been installed to house personnel and provide power for the facility. 

NFE said that commercial operations could start between late October and early November. The timeline has slipped slightly from...