SECOND AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

Exhibit 10.5

SECOND AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

THIS SECOND AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (“Amendment”) is entered into effective as of January 1, 2022 (the “Effective Date”) by and between Indonesia Energy Corporation Limited, a Cayman Islands exempted company (the “Company”) and Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx, an individual (the “Executive”).

WHEREAS, the Company and the Executive entered into that certain Employment Agreement that became effective as of February 1, 2019 (the “Agreement”) and subsequently entered into a First Amendment to Employment Agreement effective as of February 1, 2020 (the “First Amendment”; and

WHEREAS, the Company and the Executive wish to amend the Agreement on the terms set forth herein.

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual premises, covenants and agreements hereinafter set forth, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt, and legal adequacy of which is hereby acknowledged, the Company and the Executive, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree to amend the Agreement (as amended by the First Amendment) as follows:

1. Capitalized Terms. All capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Agreement.

2. Amendment to Section 2. Effective as of the Effective Date, the Company and the Executive hereby completely amend and restate Section 2 of the Agreement and replace such Section in its entirety with the following: “The term of the Employment shall be two (2) years commencing on January 1, 2022 and shall terminate on December 31, 2023, unless terminated earlier pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. The Employment will not be subject to renewal without the prior written agreement of the Company and the Executive.”

3. Base Salary Acknowledgement. The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Executive’s pre-tax annual base salary will remain at US$150,000.

4. Equity Incentive. The Company agrees that the equity incentive for signing and continuing as President under this extension, shall be the granting of a stock award of 60,000 shares of the Company to be vested as follows: 30,000 vesting on July 1, 2022 and 30,000 vesting on January 1, 2023, with a lock-up period of 180 (one hundred eighty) days from the vesting date.

5. No Other Amendments. Nothing in this Amendment is intended to amend any language of the Agreement other than as specifically set forth above, and the remainder of the Agreement shall be unmodified and in full force and effect.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the Company and the Executive has executed this Second Amendment to Employment Agreement effective as of the Effective Date.

	Indonesia Energy Corporation Limited
		/s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
	By:	Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
		Chief Investment Officer

/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx

Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx

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