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    <schemaVersion>X0202</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2007-07-06</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

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

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001094547</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>SANDERS H R JR</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>390 COUNTY ROAD 1526</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>MORGAN</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>TX</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>76671</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>2007-07-06</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>5</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>G</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>4000</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>42600</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>HRS Family Limited Partnership</value>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Not Applicable</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Mr. Sanders owns 34,600 shares of stock directly and 8,000 shares of stock indirectly through the HRS Family Limited
 Partnership, of which Mr. Sanders is one of the general partners.  Of the 8,000 shares held indirectly, Mr. Sanders
 contributed 4,000 shares to the HRS Family Limited Partnership and 1,000 shares were contributed by each of Mr. Sanders'
 four children.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/Nigel Lovett, Attorney-in-Fact for H.R. Sanders, Jr.</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2007-07-11</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
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X0202
4
2007-07-06
0
0000098720
TOREADOR RESOURCES CORP
TRGL
0001094547
SANDERS H R JR
390 COUNTY ROAD 1526
MORGAN
TX
76671
1
0
0
0
Common Stock
2007-07-06
5
G
0
4000
A
42600
I
HRS Family Limited Partnership
Not Applicable
Mr. Sanders owns 34,600 shares of stock directly and 8,000 shares of stock indirectly through the HRS Family Limited
 Partnership, of which Mr. Sanders is one of the general partners.  Of the 8,000 shares held indirectly, Mr. Sanders
 contributed 4,000 shares to the HRS Family Limited Partnership and 1,000 shares were contributed by each of Mr. Sanders'
 four children.
/s/Nigel Lovett, Attorney-in-Fact for H.R. Sanders, Jr.
2007-07-11