An environmental review of New Fortress Energy Inc.’s (NFE) LNG project proposed offshore of Louisiana could be delayed after the Maritime Administration (MARAD) paused the process while seeking more information from the firm, recently published documents show.

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In documents published for the first time publicly on Sept. 8, MARAD confirmed it had paused the review of NFE’s Fast liquefied natural gas project in August (No. MARAD-2022-0076). The agency had previously requested additional information from NFE in July, which the company responded to, according to the correspondence.

However, MARAD informed the company in an August letter “the responses are insufficient to properly develop and process the NFE application” and the agency would have to “issue stop clock,” or...