| Limiting factors | Type of restriction | Project Risks | 
 
   
   | Climatic conditions | UМ | The risk of complicating work due to environmental conditions; risk of natural disasters (Tasmukhanova, 2016) | 
 
   
   | Orographic factors | UМ | Risks of force majeure | 
 
   
   | Geological and physical limitations | UМ | The risk of non-discovery of the field; the uncertainty of the level of water-oil contact (Boldyrev, Burenina, & Zakharova, 2016); risk of losses caused by inaccurate estimates of reserves and oil recovery ratio; exploration risk (Gerasimova & Yamilova, 2017) | 
 
   
   | The level of scientific and technological progress | PМ | The risk of applied scientific and technical solutions | 
 
   
   | Production constraints | PМ | - Construction risks (typical at the stage of exploration and creation of infrastructure at the field): risk of delays in commissioning of project facilities; risk of construction quality mismatch; risk of failure or stopping oil production;- Operational risks (arise after construction is completed): risk of accidents / fire; risk of non-fulfillment by the contractor of post-launch warranty obligations; risk of technical equipment malfunctions; risk of erroneous capacity determination | 
 
   
   | The technological scheme of the drilling and production of oil | PМ | The risk of the wrong choice of production technology; risk of design errors; the risk of reduced productivity of producing and injection wells; risk of choosing applied oil recovery enhancement technologies; risk of incorrect choice of drilling technology; the risk of choosing a method of operating oil wells | 
 
   
   | The level of domestic and world prices for oil and oil products | UМ | The risk of fluctuations (fluctuations) in oil prices; financial risk | 
 
   
   | Sectoral conditions of the economic system | UМ | Risk of commercial value of the deposit; tax risk; currency risk; inflation risk; business partnership risk |