Cost Escalation Solution
ISO-19008 compliant escalation data across 78 cost categories and 15 countries
Built on bottom-up supply and demand balances from 2010 to today—so escalation forecasts reflect what's driving costs, not just how much they've moved.
Real-time price escalation tracking
Anticipate cost pressure before it hits your budget
Continuous pricing data across materials, equipment and labor—so escalation risk is quantified before it reaches your project budget.
Dynamic escalation scenario tools
Model inflation impacts across cost categories and time horizons
Interactive analytics let you quickly model price escalation scenarios across regions, categories and time horizons to support risk-adjusted planning.
Analyst-validated market intelligence
Analyst context to understand what's driving price shifts in your segments
Regular expert analysis and tailored briefings on market volatility and escalation drivers—so you understand what's changing and why.
Trusted by businesses across the globe
Official escalation partner for the Performance Forum
As the official escalation partner for the Performance Forum, managed by Turner & Townsend, Rystad Energy provides the 24 member companies with independently verified escalation data, reports and market updates trusted for project cost management across the energy industry.
Reliable escalation data
ISO-19008 compliant data across 78 cost categories
Escalation indices covering 15 countries, all energy types, and data from 2010 to today, so estimates and benchmarks reflect actual market conditions.
Built on real supply and demand
Forecasts anchored in activity, not assumptions
Escalation forecasts built from bottom-up supply and demand balances for goods and services, combined with macroeconomic factors, so you know what's driving cost movements.
Contract and project application
Apply escalation intelligence where it matters most
Normalize historical estimates, track escalation across COR categories and forecast future project costs with data trusted by the 24 member companies of the Performance Forum.
Improve your workflows
Energy companies
Analyze escalation trends and their underlying drivers to:
- Normalize historical project cost performance to create like-for-like benchmarks
- Evaluate escalation across energy types
Granular, ISO-19008 compliant escalation data from 2010 to today across 15 countries and 78 COR categories:
- Evaluate escalation impacts across oil and gas, renewables and low-carbon project types
- Analyze escalation at the individual item level, aligned with ISO-19008 hierarchy
- Understand how costs are evolving and what's driving those changes —historically and going forward
Rystad Energy advisors integrate with client teams to map the most effective route toward their objectives:
- Optimizing corporate strategy
- Analyzing market trends
- Solving transaction challenges
The Rystad Energy Institute offers personalized courses designed to give individuals and organizations a complete 360° view of the energy market, covering the full energy system across industries, technologies, and regions.
- Elevate your energy IQ
- Stay ahead of the curve
- Drive career growth
By the numbers
900
Team members across 60 countries
27
Global offices worldwide
24x7
Service for decision-support
2,200+
Ongoing projects for more than 500 clients
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