Patent ID: 8211834

Claim:
A fracturing fluid composition comprising: a liquid component for temporarily supporting a proppant within the liquid component at the surface, the liquid component including: i) a viscosified liquid hydrocarbon component having an initial viscosity sufficient to temporarily support proppant admixed within the viscosified liquid hydrocarbon component; ii) a breaker for relaxing the viscosity of the viscosified liquid hydrocarbon component within a pre-determined period; iii a proppant admixed within the viscosified liquid hydrocarbon component; and iv) a gas component admixed with the liquid hydrocarbon under high turbulence conditions sufficient to support the proppant within a combined liquid hydrocarbon/gas component mixture wherein the combined liquid hydrocarbon/gas component mixture is characterized as a mist or liquid slug having 3-25% vol % liquid component and 75-97% gas component exclusive of the proppant, wherein the concentration of breaker within the liquid component is sufficient to relax the initial viscosity of the liquid component to less than 10 cP at 170 sec −1 at 293K within a pre-determined time period of 30 minutes.