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    <periodOfReport>2007-11-21</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>2007-11-21</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>P</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>10000</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>6.736</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
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                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>1340594</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>Herbert L. and Paulyne Brewer 1992 Trust</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Includes 1,274,861 shares held directly by Mr. Brewer, 10,000 shares held by Mr. Brewer through a profit sharing plan,
 45,733 shares held indirectly by JD Associates and 10,000 shares held through the Herbert L. and Paulyne Brewer 1992 Trust.
 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">Mr. Brewer shares investment authority with his father, Herbert L. Brewer, with regard to the Herbert L. and Paulyne Brewer
 1992 Trust</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/Nigel Lovett, Attorney-in-fact for David M. Brewer</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2007-11-26</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
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2007-11-21
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TOREADOR RESOURCES CORP
TRGL
0001164724
BREWER DAVID M
590 MADISON AVENUE 21ST FLOOR
NEW YORK
NY
10022
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Common Stock
2007-11-21
4
P
0
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6.736
A
1340594
I
Herbert L. and Paulyne Brewer 1992 Trust
Includes 1,274,861 shares held directly by Mr. Brewer, 10,000 shares held by Mr. Brewer through a profit sharing plan,
 45,733 shares held indirectly by JD Associates and 10,000 shares held through the Herbert L. and Paulyne Brewer 1992 Trust.
 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.
Mr. Brewer shares investment authority with his father, Herbert L. Brewer, with regard to the Herbert L. and Paulyne Brewer
 1992 Trust
/s/Nigel Lovett, Attorney-in-fact for David M. Brewer
2007-11-26