Risks
Gazprom identified a number of risks related to the project. According to Igor Meshcherin, head of Gazprom's project evaluation directorate, environmental risks are the congested Gulf of Finland and Danish Straits, and ice conditions. Another risk was that there is not capacity in the unified natural gas system in the Leningrad Oblast, and the project might require expansion of the pipeline grid.
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