FIRSTAMENDMENT TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

EXHIBIT 10.3

FIRST AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

THIS FIRST AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (“Amendment”) is made and entered into by and between Cano Petroleum Inc., (formerly Huron Ventures, Inc.) a Delaware corporation with its principal executive offices in Fort Worth, Texas (the “Company”), and Michael J. Ricketts, an individual currently residing in Tarrant County, Texas (“Employee”), effective as of the 29th day of June, 2007 (the “Amendment Effective Date”).  Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the below described Agreement.

WHEREAS, the Company and Employee entered into that certain Employment Agreement on August 14, 2006, but effective July 1, 2006 (the “Agreement”); and

WHEREAS, the Company and Employee now desire to amend, alter, modify and change the terms and provisions of the Agreement, as follows.

NOW THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the mutual benefits to be obtained hereunder and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged and confessed, Company and Employee do hereby agree to amend, alter, modify and change the Agreement, as of the Amendment Effective Date as follows:

1.             Section 2. Term. Shall be deleted in its entirety and the following substituted in place and in lieu thereof.

2.             Term.  The employment of Employee by the Company as provided in this Section will be for a term of four (4) years (the “Term”) commencing on the Effective Date and expiring at the close of business on June 30, 2010.  After the Employment Term, this Agreement shall be automatically renewed for an indefinite number of successive one-year periods (a “Renewal Term”), unless either party gives written notice of its intent not to renew the Agreement no less than 30 days before the conclusion of the Term or Renewal Term, as applicable.  For the purposes of this Agreement, the Term and Renewal Term(s) shall be collectively called the “Employment Period.”  In the event, however, that Employee remains in the employ of the Company after the term of this Agreement without the parties having entered into a new employment agreement or extending this Agreement, then (i) the terms of this Agreement shall not be applicable, (ii) Employee shall be an employee-at-will subject to the benefits, programs, and policies of the Company then in effect, and (iii) either party may terminate the employment relationship at any time with or without cause.

2.             Section 4. (a)  Compensation. shall be deleted in its entirety and the following substituted in place and in lieu thereof:

(a)           Salary:  The Company shall pay Employee for his services, a base salary, on an annualized basis, of $175,000.00 (One Hundred Seventy-Five Thousand Dollars) per annum for the period from the Effective Date through June 30, 2007, and a base salary, on an annualized basis, of $187,000.00 (One Hundred Eighty-Seven Thousand Dollars) per annum for the period beginning on July 1, 2007, which salary shall be payable by the Company in substantially equal installments on the Company’s normal payroll dates.  All applicable taxes on the base salary will be withheld in accordance with applicable federal, state and local taxation guidelines.

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Except as specifically amended, altered, modified and changed hereby and heretofore, the Agreement remains in full force and effect as originally written.

Signatures

To evidence the binding effect of the covenants and agreements described above, the parties hereto have executed this Amendment effective as of the date first above written.

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