Multicomponent viscoelastic surfactant fluid and method of using as a fracturing fluid

A viscoelastic fluid, comprising:

• one or more cationic surfactants;
• one or more anionic surfactants having alkyl chains of about 6 to about 18 carbon atoms with at least one negatively charged moiety;
• one or more zwitterionic surfactants and/or one or more amphoteric surfactants;
• and
• water;
• wherein the one or more cationic surfactants is polyoxyethylene(2-15)cocoalkylamines
• wherein the one or more zwitterionic surfactants has the following structural formula:
• wherein R1 is a hydrophobic moiety of alkyl, alkylarylalkyl, alkoxyalkyl, alkylaminoalkyl or alkylamidoalkyl, wherein R1 has from about 18 to about 30 carbon atoms and may be branched or straight-chained and saturated or unsaturated;
• R2 and R3 are, independently, selected from the group consisting of an aliphatic moiety having from 1 to about 30 carbon atoms and an aromatic moiety having from 7 to about 30 carbon atoms;
• the aliphatic moiety being branched or straight-chained and saturated or unsaturated;
• R4 is a hydrocarbyl radical with a chain length 1 to 4;
• and wherein the one or more amphoteric surfactants has the following structural formula:
• wherein R1, R2, and R4 are as described above.