Industry-leading escalation data, reports and regular market updates
Better project decision-making
Cost Escalation Solution
Introduction
Recent project cost volatility has underscored the importance of transparent, regular escalation data, which can provide insight into supply chain costs, underlying commodity and labor markets, and proactively plan for risk.
We provide granular and transparent escalation data across all energy types, channeled through analytics, data and regular updates from our analysts. This data is compliant with ISO-19008, allowing for easier integration into estimating and benchmarking work processes.
Our escalation forecasts are anchored through bottom-up activity databases that regularly update supply versus demand balances for goods and services. We also incorporate relevant macro-economic factors to equip our clients with a transparent view of where escalation is trending for each good and service we monitor.
How can this help you
Energy Companies
Analyze escalation trends and their underlying drivers to:
Easily apply escalation factors to a variety of estimates: from high-level greenfield projects to detailed brownfield campaigns and everywhere in-between
Normalize historical project cost performance to create like-for-like benchmarks
Evaluate escalation across energy types
Suppliers
Leverage escalation data insights to optimize project performance:
Apply granular escalation factors against detailed, budgetary estimates
Reconcile and benchmark actual project performance against market expectations
Identify project risk areas through escalation forecasts requiring additional project controls support during design and execution phases.
Official escalation partner for the Performance Forum, managed by Turner & Townsend
Cost Escalation Indices Dashboard
Gain a clearer, more granular view of cost escalation with a powerful, bottom-up dashboard built on ISO-19008 standards across 78 COR categories. Designed for today’s volatile market, it delivers real-time visibility into supply-demand dynamics and global cost trends.
Access facility-level historical data dating back to 2010, covering 15 execution countries and asset locations, and go beyond traditional escalation curves with deeper insight into the drivers behind cost changes. Integrated quarterly reports and expert commentary help you stay ahead of market shifts.
Whether you are benchmarking historical projects, tracking escalation across cost categories, or forecasting future project costs, the dashboard provides the precision and transparency needed to make confident decisions.
Make smarter cost decisions with data you can trust.
Access granular and transparent escalation data across all energy types, compliant with ISO-19008
- Evaluate escalation impacts to varying project types across all energies
- Deep-dive into escalation for individual items per ISO-19008
- Understand underlying drivers behind escalation trends, both historical and forecasted
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 provides personalized courses that position individuals and organizations at the forefront of the energy transition.
- Elevate your energy IQ
- Stay ahead of the curve
- Drive career growth
Our approach
We combine cutting edge technology with our proprietary approach to deliver unique analysis of the energy space.
Cost Escalation Solution
Analyze project costs for better decision-making
Stay ahead of energy cost escalation projects and track real-time price movements across materials, labor and equipment.
Real-Time Price Escalation Tracking
Anticipate cost pressure before it hits your budget
Get continuous, high-frequency pricing data across materials, equipment and labor to quantify escalation risk across your portfolio.
Dynamic Escalation Scenario Tools
Evaluate future inflation impacts in minutes
Interactive analytics let you model price escalation scenarios across regions, categories and time horizons to support risk-adjusted planning.
Analyst-Validated Market Insight
Turn complex inflation trends into decisive action
Receive regular expert analysis and tailored briefings that contextualize market volatility and escalation drivers for your business strategy.
Data is compliant with ISO-19008
Granular and transparent escalation data across all energy types
Easier integration into estimating and benchmarking work processes.
Regularly updated insights
Forecasts are anchored through bottom-up activity databases
Calculate supply versus demand balances for goods and services.
By the numbers
15
Execution countries
15
Asset locations
2010
Historical data since
Access granular and transparent escalation data across all energy types, compliant with ISO-19008
- Evaluate escalation impacts to varying project types across all energies
- Deep-dive into escalation for individual items per ISO-19008
- Understand underlying drivers behind escalation trends, both historical and forecasted
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 provides personalized courses that position individuals and organizations at the forefront of the energy transition:
- Elevate your energy IQ
- Stay ahead of the curve
- Drive career growth