Exhibit 10.17


    THIRD
      AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

    


    This
      Third Amendment (the "Third 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 as of the 4th
      day of
      April, 2007, but effective as of the 1st
      day of
January,
      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;” (for purposes of
      the remainder of this Third Amendment, the term “Agreement” shall mean the
      Agreement as heretofore amended by said First and Second 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 the annual
      salary rate provided for thereunder is increased from $160,000 to
      $200,000.

     

    2. Miscellaneous.
      Except
      as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Agreement is not amended, modified
      or affected by this Third 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 Third 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
      Third
      Amendment. This Third 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.

    


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    IN
      WITNESS WHEREOF, this Third Amendment to the Agreement is adopted as of the
      4th
      day of
      April, 2007, but effective as of the 1st
      day of
January,
      2007.
      

    


    "COMPANY"
            "AUSTIN"

    


    WESTSIDE
      ENERGY CORPORATION

    


    


    By:_________________________________  ____________________________________

    Sean
      J.
      Austin 

    Name:______________________________         

    Title:_______________________________