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    <periodOfReport>2007-11-21</periodOfReport>

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    <issuer>
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        <issuerName>TOREADOR RESOURCES CORP</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>TRGL</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerCik>0001191429</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>BREWER HERBERT L</rptOwnerName>
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        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>2 CEDRO PLACE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>DALLAS</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>TX</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>75230</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
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            <transactionDate>
                <value>2007-11-21</value>
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                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
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                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
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                <transactionShares>
                    <value>10000</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>6.736</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
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                    <value>Herbert L. and Paulyne Brewer 1992 Trust</value>
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        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Includes 311,977 shares held directly by Mr. Brewer and 10,000 shares held by the Herbert L. and Paulyne Brewer 1992 Trust.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Mr. Brewer shares investment authority with his son, David M. Brewer, with regard to the Herbert L. and Paulyne Brewer 1992
 Trust.</footnote>
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    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/Nigel Lovett, Attorney-in-fact for Herbert L. Brewer</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2007-11-26</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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2007-11-21
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0000098720
TOREADOR RESOURCES CORP
TRGL
0001191429
BREWER HERBERT L
2 CEDRO PLACE
DALLAS
TX
75230
1
0
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Common Stock
2007-11-21
4
P
0
10000
6.736
A
321977
I
Herbert L. and Paulyne Brewer 1992 Trust
Includes 311,977 shares held directly by Mr. Brewer and 10,000 shares held by the Herbert L. and Paulyne Brewer 1992 Trust.
Mr. Brewer shares investment authority with his son, David M. Brewer, with regard to the Herbert L. and Paulyne Brewer 1992
 Trust.
/s/Nigel Lovett, Attorney-in-fact for Herbert L. Brewer
2007-11-26