Stable, compatible thixotropic gel with copolymer gelling agent

A stable, compatible thixotropic gel composition having in the oil phase between about 5 and about 60 weight % gellant, between about 5 and about 50 weight % of a solvent incompatible at room temperature with the gellant and between about 20 and about 90 mole % of a cosolvent compatible with both the gellant and the solvent, at least 25 weight % of said gellant being a copolymer having between about 40 and about 96 mole % ethylene monomer and between about 4 and about 60 mole % of a comonomer selected from the group consisting of acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, ethacrylic acid, esterified acrylic acid, vinyl acetate, vinyl formate, vinyl propionate and mixtures thereof, said copolymer having a number average molecular weight between about 500 and about 10,000, said copolymer being present in a proportion great enough to maintain said gel composition stable from 10.degree. to 50.degree. C.