Patent ID: 7932214

Claim:
An aqueous composition useful for formation fracturing comprising: water, an ionically coupled gel system including: between about 0.5 wt. % and about 20 wt. % of a charged polymer, between about 0.1 wt. % and about 50 wt. % of an oppositely charged foaming agent, between about 0.01 wt. % and about 20 wt. % of a betaine: between about 1 wt. % and about 35 wt. % of an amine oxide, and between about 0.11 wt. % and about 20 wt. % of a lower alcohol having between 1 and 5 carbon atoms, where one or more carbons atoms can be replaced with an oxygen, nitrogen, or sulfur atom, and a gas, where the gel system and the gas are present in amount sufficient to form an ionically coupled, foamed fracturing composition.