EXHIBIT 10.12

                    FOURTH AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

     This  Fourth  Amendment (the "Fourth Amendment") to that certain employment
agreement  (the  "Agreement")  dated  May 3, 2005 by and between Westside Energy
Corporation  (the  "Company")  and Sean J. Austin ("Austin") is made and entered
into  effective  as  of the 7th day of December, 2007 by and between the Company
and  Austin.  All  capitalized,  undefined  terms  used  herein  shall  have the
respective  meanings  given  to  such  terms  in  the  Agreement.

     RECITALS

     WHEREAS,  the  Agreement  was  entered  on  or  about  May  3,  2005;  and

     WHEREAS,  the  Agreement  was first amended effective January 1, 2006 by an
instrument  entitled  "FIRST  AMENDMENT  TO  EMPLOYMENT  AGREEMENT;"  and

     WHEREAS,  the  Agreement  was  amended a second time effective September 1,
2006  by  an instrument entitled "SECOND AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT;" and

     WHEREAS,  the  Agreement was amended a third time effective January 1, 2007
by  an  instrument  entitled  "THIRD  AMENDMENT  TO  EMPLOYMENT  AGREEMENT" (for
purposes  of  the remainder of this Fourth Amendment, the term "Agreement" shall
mean  the  Agreement  as  heretofore  amended  by  said  First, Second and Third
Amendments);  and

     WHEREAS,  the Company and Austin desire to amend further the Agreement upon
the  terms,  provisions  and  conditions  set  forth  hereinafter;

     AGREEMENT

     NOW,  THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements of
the  Company  and Austin to amend the Agreement, the Company and Austin agree as
follows:

1.     AMENDMENT  TO  THE  AGREEMENT.  The  Agreement is hereby amended so that,
with respect to the paragraph (b) of the section captioned "Stock Bonuses" added
     by  the  First  Amendment  to  Employment  Agreement:

     (a)     the  aggregate  number of shares of Common Stock that may be issued
pursuant to such Section as bonuses is increased from up to 120,000 shares to up
to 175,000, with a corresponding increase in the six tranches from 20,000 shares
each  to  29,166  2/3  shares  each;  and

     (b)     the  time  by  which  the  Company's stock price must have achieved
certain  levels for the share bonuses to be earned is extended from December 31,
2007  to  January  1,  2009;  and

     (c)     any shares of Common Stock issued pursuant to the section captioned
"Stock Bonuses" as bonuses shall be issued pursuant to the Company's 2007 Equity
Incentive  Plan.

     2.     MISCELLANEOUS.  Except  as  otherwise expressly provided herein, the
Agreement is not amended, modified or affected by this Fourth Amendment.  Except
as  expressly  set  forth  herein,  all  of  the  terms,  conditions, covenants,
representations, warranties and all other provisions of the Agreement are herein
ratified  and confirmed and shall remain in full force and effect.  On and after
the  date  on  which  this  Fourth  Amendment  becomes  effective,  the  terms,
"Agreement," "hereof," "herein," "hereunder" and terms of like import, when used
herein  or  in the Agreement shall, except where the context otherwise requires,
refer  to  the  Agreement,  as  amended  by  this Fourth Amendment.  This Fourth
Amendment  may  be  executed  into one or more counterparts, and it shall not be
necessary  that  the  signatures  of  all parties hereto be contained on any one
counterpart  hereof;  each  counterpart  shall be deemed an original, but all of
which  together  shall  constitute  one  and  the  same  instrument.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Fourth Amendment to the Agreement is adopted as of
the  second  date  written  above.

"COMPANY"                              "AUSTIN"

WESTSIDE  ENERGY  CORPORATION          /s/ Sean J. Austin
By:/s/ Douglas G. Manner               Sean J. Austin
Name: Douglas  G.  Manner
Title: Chief  Executive  Officer