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            <rptOwnerName>FALB PETER LAWRENCE ET AL</rptOwnerName>
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        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>15 BROAD STREET</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>SUITE 106</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>BOSTON</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>MA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>02109</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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                    <value>5000</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Not Applicable</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Mr. Falb holds 198,362 shares of stock directly and indirectly, 441,555 shares of stock held indirectly through Dane, Falb,
Stone and Co., Inc and 70,000 shares of common stock held indirectly through Firethorn, I.L.P.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Mr. Falb holds 193,362 shares of stock directly and indirectly, 441,555 shares of stock held indirectly through Dane, Falb,
Stone and Co., Inc and 70,000 shares of common stock held indirectly through Firethorn, I.L.P.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ G. Thomas Graves, III, Attorney-In-Fact for Peter L. Falb</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2006-12-11</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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4
2006-12-07
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0000098720
TOREADOR RESOURCES CORP
TRGL
0000943980
FALB PETER LAWRENCE ET AL
15 BROAD STREET
SUITE 106
BOSTON
MA
02109
1
0
0
0
Common Stock
2006-12-07
4
G
0
5000
D
709917
D
Common Stock
2006-12-11
4
G
0
5000
D
704917
D
Not Applicable
Mr. Falb holds 198,362 shares of stock directly and indirectly, 441,555 shares of stock held indirectly through Dane, Falb,
Stone and Co., Inc and 70,000 shares of common stock held indirectly through Firethorn, I.L.P.
Mr. Falb holds 193,362 shares of stock directly and indirectly, 441,555 shares of stock held indirectly through Dane, Falb,
Stone and Co., Inc and 70,000 shares of common stock held indirectly through Firethorn, I.L.P.
/s/ G. Thomas Graves, III, Attorney-In-Fact for Peter L. Falb
2006-12-11