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    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2007-01-29</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000098720</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>TOREADOR RESOURCES CORP</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>TRGL</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001164724</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>BREWER DAVID M</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>590 MADISON AVENUE 21ST FLOOR</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>NEW YORK</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>10022</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2007-01-29</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>S</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>8335</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>27.23</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>1359259</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>PHD Partners</value>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2007-01-30</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>S</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>31665</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>27.31</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
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                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>1327594</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>PHD Partners</value>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Includes 1,266,861 shares held directly by Mr. Brewer, 10,000 shares held by Mr. Brewer through a profit sharing plan, 36,665
 shares held indirectly through PHD Partners and 45,733 shares held indirectly by JD Associates.  Mr. Brewer disclaims
 beneficial ownership of the 45,733 shares held by JD Associates except to the extent of his pecuniary interest in such
 shares.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Includes 1,266,861 shares held directly by Mr. Brewer, 10,000 shares held by Mr. Brewer through a profit sharing plan, 5,000
 shares held indirectly through PHD Partners and 45,733 shares held indirectly by JD Associates.  Mr. Brewer disclaims
 beneficial ownership of the 45,733 shares held by JD Associates except to the extent of his pecuniary interest in such
 shares.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/Douglas W. Weir, Attorney-in-Fact for David M. Brewer</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2007-01-31</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
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4
2007-01-29
0
0000098720
TOREADOR RESOURCES CORP
TRGL
0001164724
BREWER DAVID M
590 MADISON AVENUE 21ST FLOOR
NEW YORK
NY
10022
1
0
0
0
Common Stock
2007-01-29
4
S
0
8335
27.23
D
1359259
I
PHD Partners
Common Stock
2007-01-30
4
S
0
31665
27.31
D
1327594
I
PHD Partners
Includes 1,266,861 shares held directly by Mr. Brewer, 10,000 shares held by Mr. Brewer through a profit sharing plan, 36,665
 shares held indirectly through PHD Partners and 45,733 shares held indirectly by JD Associates.  Mr. Brewer disclaims
 beneficial ownership of the 45,733 shares held by JD Associates except to the extent of his pecuniary interest in such
 shares.
Includes 1,266,861 shares held directly by Mr. Brewer, 10,000 shares held by Mr. Brewer through a profit sharing plan, 5,000
 shares held indirectly through PHD Partners and 45,733 shares held indirectly by JD Associates.  Mr. Brewer disclaims
 beneficial ownership of the 45,733 shares held by JD Associates except to the extent of his pecuniary interest in such
 shares.
/s/Douglas W. Weir, Attorney-in-Fact for David M. Brewer
2007-01-31