January 10, 2023--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--<a href='https://www.shell.com/' target='_blank'>Shell plc</a> (<a href='https://www.nyse.com/quote/XNYS:SHEL' target='_blank'>NYSE:SHEL</a>) (London, England) is brushing off recent problems at its liquefied natural gas (LNG) business, projecting 'significantly higher' profits from its gas-trading unit for the fourth quarter of 2022. But the company, like its peers, is bracing for an unpredictable 2023, following a collapse in crude oil prices and a host of challenges such as Russia's ongoing war on Ukraine and China's roiling economic outlook. Industrial Info is tracking about $110 billion worth of active projects from Shell worldwide--including about $21 billion in the U.S., more than $5 billion of which is under construction. Shell executives noted that the company's strong outlook for its global upstream business defies a longer-than-expected outage at its <b>Prelude floating LNG</b> (FLNG) project in Australia, where it has experienced a series of operational issues. Other companies featured: <a href='https://www.chevron.com/' target='_blank'>Chevron Corporation</a> (<a href='https://www.nyse.com/quote/XNYS:CVX' target='_blank'>NYSE:CVX</a>)