cost of helium gas
In Selling Off The Nationâs Helium Reserve, NAS projected a 2.6 percent increase in the price of crude helium every year through 2015. This would place the 2013 price right around $69.93/Mcf, and the price in 2015 at $73.62/Mcf. Instead, the increase since 2010 has averaged 6.4 percent per year. At this rate, the 2015 open market price of crude helium would be in excess of $95/Mcf. Despite the fact that Richardson has been quoted as saying a party balloon should cost $100, he has testified before congress saying that âprice shocksâ can be damaging for users of helium.