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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 15, 2006</font></p>


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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=2>Registration No. ____  </font></b></p> </td> </tr></table>


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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;line-height:97.08333%;'><font SIZE=2>UNITED STATES</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;line-height:97.08333%;'><font SIZE=2>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>Washington, D.C. 20549</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=3>Form S-8</font></b></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;line-height:96.66667%;'><font SIZE=2>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</font></p>

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<p STYLE=' MARGIN-BOTTOM:0PT; MARGIN-TOP:0PT;TEXT-ALIGN:CENTER;LINE-HEIGHT:92.5%;'><B><FONT SIZE=3>TOREADOR RESOURCES CORPORATION</FONT></B></P>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;line-height:103.75%;'><font size=2>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</font></p>

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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:101.25%'><b><font size=2>Delaware</font></b></p>  </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:101.25%'><b><font size=2>75-0991164</font></b></p>  </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:99.36%'><font size=2>(State or other jurisdiction of</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:99.36%'><font size=2>incorporation or organization)</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:99.36%'><font size=2>(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:99.36%'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:99.36%'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:99.36%'><b><font size=2>4809 Cole Avenue, Suite 108</font></b></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:99.36%'><b><font size=2>Dallas, Texas</font></b></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:100.44%'><font size=2>(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</font></p> </td>
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<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:99.36%'><b><font size=2>75205</font></b></p>
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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>Toreador Resources Corporation 2005 Long-Term Incentive Plan</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>(Full title of the plan)</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>G. Thomas Graves III</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>President and Chief Executive Officer</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>Toreador Resources Corporation</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>4809 Cole Avenue, Suite 108</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>Dallas, Texas  75205</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>(Name and address of agent for service)</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>(214) 559-3933</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><i><font size=2>with copies of communications to:</font></i></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>Janice V. Sharry, Esq.</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>Haynes and Boone, LLP</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>901 Main Street, Suite 3100</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>Dallas, Texas 75202</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>(214) 651-5000</font></b></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font SIZE=2>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</font></b></p>

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<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=2>Title of securities</font></b></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=2>to be registered</font></b><b></b></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
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<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=2>Amount to be</font></b></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=2>registered (1)</font></b><b></b></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=2>Proposed maximum offering price</font></b></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=2>per share (2)</font></b><b></b></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=2>Proposed maximum aggregate offering price (2)</font></b><b></b></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=2>Amount of registration fee (2)</font></b><b></b></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Common Stock, $0.15625 par value</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>500,000</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>$29.01</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>$14,505,000.00</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>$1,553.00</font></p> </td> </tr></table>

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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>(1)</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Representing additional shares authorized under the Toreador Resources Corporation 2005 Long-Term Incentive Plan, plus such indeterminate number of shares of Common Stock as may be issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions in accordance with Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;).</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>The proposed maximum offering price per share and the proposed maximum aggregate offering price have been estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to paragraphs (c) and (h)(1) of Rule 457 promulgated under the Securities Act, based upon the average of the high and low sales prices of the Common Stock as reported on the Nasdaq National Market on May </font><b><font size=2>12</font></b><font size=2>, 2006. </font></p> </td> </tr></table>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font SIZE=2>EXPLANATORY STATEMENT IN CONNECTION WITH THE FILING </font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font SIZE=2>OF A REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8 </font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font SIZE=2>FILED PURSUANT TO INSTRUCTION E OF FORM S-8</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:0.27in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>The Registrant previously filed a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-125050) (the &#147;Registration Statement&#148;), registering 250,000 shares under the Registrant&#146;s 2005 Long-Term Incentive Plan, the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.  In accordance with Instruction E of the general instructions to Form S-8, this Registration Statement is registering an additional 500,000 shares under the 2005 Long-Term Incentive Plan.</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;'><b><font size=2>Item 8.</font></b><font size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><b><font size=2>Exhibits.</font></b></p>

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<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2.7pt'><b><font size=2>Description</font></b><b><i></i></b></p>  </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:4.5pt;margin-bottom:2.7pt'><font size=2>4.1</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:4.5pt;margin-bottom: 2.7pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:4.5pt;margin-bottom:2.7pt'><font size=2>Restated Certificate of Incorporation, of Toreador Resources Corporation (previously filed as Exhibit 3.1 to Toreador Resources Corporation Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 29, 2005, File No. 000-02517, and incorporated herein by reference).</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:4.5pt;margin-bottom:2.7pt'><font size=2>4.2</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:4.5pt;margin-bottom: 2.7pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:4.5pt;margin-bottom:2.7pt'><font size=2>Third Amended and Restated Bylaws of Toreador Resources Corporation (previously filed as Exhibit 3.2 to Toreador Resources Corporation Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 29, 2005, File No. 000-02517, and incorporated herein by reference).</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:4.5pt;margin-bottom:2.7pt'><font size=2>4.3</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:4.5pt;margin-bottom: 2.7pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:4.5pt;margin-bottom:2.7pt'><font size=2>Toreador Resources Corporation 2005 Long-Term Incentive Plan (previously filed as Exhibit 10.1 to Toreador Resources Corporation Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 23, 2005, File No. 000-02517, and incorporated herein by reference).</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:4.5pt;margin-bottom:2.7pt'><font size=2>4.4</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:4.5pt;margin-bottom: 2.7pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:4.5pt;margin-bottom:2.7pt'><font size=2>Form of Specimen Stock Certificate representing shares of Toreador Resources Corporation Common Stock (previously filed as Exhibit 4.20 to Toreador Resources Corporation Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-129628) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 10, 2005, File No. 000-02517, and incorporated herein by reference). </font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:4.5pt;margin-bottom:2.7pt'><font size=2>Toreador Resources Corporation Amendment No. 1 to the Toreador Resources Corporation 2005 Long-Term Incentive Plan (previously filed as Exhibit 10.1 to Toreador Resources Corporation Current Report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 12, 2006, File No. 000-02517, and incorporated herein by reference).</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:4.5pt;margin-bottom:2.7pt'><font size=2>Opinion of Haynes and Boone, LLP.</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:4.5pt;margin-bottom:2.7pt'><font size=2>23.1*</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:4.5pt;margin-bottom:2.7pt'><font size=2>Consent of Haynes and Boone, LLP (included in the opinion of Haynes and Boone, LLP, filed herewith as Exhibit 5.1)</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:4.5pt;margin-bottom:2.7pt'><font size=2>Consent of Hein &amp; Associates LLP.</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:4.5pt;margin-bottom:2.7pt'><font size=2>23.3*</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:4.5pt;margin-bottom:2.7pt'><font size=2>Consent of LaRoche Petroleum Consultants, Ltd.</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:4.5pt;margin-bottom:2.7pt'><font size=2>24.1*</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:4.5pt;margin-bottom:2.7pt'><font size=2>Power of attorney (included on signature page to this registration statement).</font></p> </td> </tr></table>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:4.5pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>____________________</font></p>


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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Each document marked with an asterisk is filed herewith.</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=2>Undertakings</font></b></p> </td>
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<p style=' margin-bottom:6pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>The registrant hereby undertakes: </font></p>


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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>(i)</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>(ii)</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a twenty percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the
&#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective registration statement.</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>(iii)</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the Registration Statement; provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the Registration Statement is on Form S-8 and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference to the Registration Statement. </font></p> </td> </tr></table>

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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. </font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>(3)</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering. </font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>(b)</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. </font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>(c)</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to the directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provision, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit, or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the
matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by final adjudication of such issue.</font></p> </td> </tr></table>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:6pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font SIZE=2>SIGNATURES</font></b></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:0.27in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Dallas, State of Texas, on the 15th day of May, 2006.</font></p>

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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font SIZE=2>TOREADOR RESOURCES CORPORATION</font></b></p> </td> </tr></table>

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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><u><font size=2>/s/ G Thomas Graves III</font></u></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>G. Thomas Graves III</font></p> </td>
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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:4.31in;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>President and Chief Executive Officer</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:0.27in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officers and directors of Toreador Resources Corporation, a Delaware corporation, do hereby constitute and appoint G. Thomas Graves III and Douglas W. Weir, and each of them, their true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents or attorney-in-fact and agent, with power and authority to do any and all acts and things and to execute any and all instruments which said attorneys and agents, and any one of them, determine may be necessary or advisable or required to enable said corporation to comply with the Securities Act, and any rules and regulations or requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with this registration statement.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing power and authority, the powers granted include the full power of substitution and resubstitution, for them and in their name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities, the power and authority to sign the names of the undersigned officers and directors in the capacities indicated below to this registration statement, to any and all amendments (including any post-effective amendments) and supplements thereto, and to any and all instruments or documents filed as part or in connection with this registration statement, and each of the undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms all that said attorneys and agents, or any of them, shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.  The Power of Attorney may be signed in several counterparts.</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:0.27in;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons and in the following capacities on the 15th day of May, 2006.</font></p>

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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><u><font size=2>/s/ G. Thomas Graves III</font></u><font color="#FFFFFF"><u><font size=2>.</font></u></font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>G. Thomas Graves III</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>President, Chief Executive Officer and Director</font></p>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><u><font size=2>/s/ Douglas W. Weir</font></u><font size=2>                       </font>             </p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Douglas W. Weir</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Senior Vice President &#150; Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)</font></p>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><u><font size=2>/s/ Charles J. Campise</font></u><font size=2>                                         </font>                         <font color="#FFFFFF"><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Charles J. Campise</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Vice President &#150; Accounting and Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting Officer)</font></p>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><u><font size=2>/s/ John Mark McLaughlin                                      </font></u><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>John Mark McLaughlin</font><u></u></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><u><font size=2>/s/ Nigel J. B. Lovett </font></u><font size=2>                                        </font><font color="#FFFFFF"><font size=2>.</font></font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Nigel J.B. Lovett</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><u><font size=2>/s/ H. R. Sanders, Jr. </font></u><font size=2>                                        </font><font color="#FFFFFF"><u><font size=2>.</font></u></font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>H.R. Sanders, Jr.</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Director</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><u><font size=2>/s/ William I. Lee                                         </font></u><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>William I. Lee</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Director</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><u><font size=2>/s/ Herbert L. Brewer </font></u><font size=2>                                        </font><font color="#FFFFFF"><font size=2>.</font></font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Herbert L. Brewer</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Director</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><u><font size=2>/s/ David M. Brewer</font></u><font size=2>                                         </font><font color="#FFFFFF"><u><font size=2>.</font></u></font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>David M. Brewer</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Director</font></p> </td> </tr></table>

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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><u><font size=2>/s/ Peter L. Falb </font></u><font size=2>                                        </font><font color="#FFFFFF"><font size=2>.</font></font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Peter L. Falb</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Director</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><u><font size=2>/s/ Nicholas Rostow</font></u><font size=2>                                         </font><font color="#FFFFFF"><u><font size=2>.</font></u></font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Nicholas Rostow</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><u><font size=2>/s/ Herbert C. Williamson III                                         </font></u><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Director</font></p> </td> </tr></table>

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<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2.7pt'><b><font size=2>No</font></b><font size=2>.</font></p>  </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:1.0pt;margin-bottom:  2.7pt'><i>&nbsp;</i></p>  </td>
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<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2.7pt'><b><font size=2>Description</font></b><b><i></i></b></p>  </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:4.5pt;margin-bottom:2.7pt'><font size=2>4.1</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:4.5pt;margin-bottom: 2.7pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:4.5pt;margin-bottom:2.7pt'><font size=2>Restated Certificate of Incorporation, of Toreador Resources Corporation (previously filed as Exhibit 3.1 to Toreador Resources Corporation Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 29, 2005, File No. 000-02517, and incorporated herein by reference).</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:4.5pt;margin-bottom:2.7pt'><font size=2>4.2</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:4.5pt;margin-bottom: 2.7pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:4.5pt;margin-bottom:2.7pt'><font size=2>Third Amended and Restated Bylaws of Toreador Resources Corporation (previously filed as Exhibit 3.2 to Toreador Resources Corporation Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 29, 2005, File No. 000-02517, and incorporated herein by reference).</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:4.5pt;margin-bottom:2.7pt'><font size=2>4.3</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:4.5pt;margin-bottom: 2.7pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:4.5pt;margin-bottom:2.7pt'><font size=2>Toreador Resources Corporation 2005 Long-Term Incentive Plan (previously filed as Exhibit 10.1 to Toreador Resources Corporation Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 23, 2005, File No. 000-02517, and incorporated herein by reference).</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:4.5pt;margin-bottom:2.7pt'><font size=2>4.4</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:4.5pt;margin-bottom: 2.7pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:4.5pt;margin-bottom:2.7pt'><font size=2>Form of Specimen Stock Certificate representing shares of Toreador Resources Corporation Common Stock (previously filed as Exhibit 4.20 to Toreador Resources Corporation Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-129628) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 10, 2005, File No. 000-02517, and incorporated herein by reference). </font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:4.5pt;margin-bottom:2.7pt'><font size=2>4.5</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:4.5pt;margin-bottom: 2.7pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:4.5pt;margin-bottom:2.7pt'><font size=2>Toreador Resources Corporation Amendment No. 1 to the Toreador Resources Corporation 2005 Long-Term Incentive Plan (previously filed as Exhibit 10.1 to Toreador Resources Corporation Current Report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 12, 2006, File No. 000-02517, and incorporated herein by reference).</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:4.5pt;margin-bottom:2.7pt'><font size=2>5.1*</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:4.5pt;margin-bottom: 2.7pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:4.5pt;margin-bottom:2.7pt'><font size=2>Opinion of Haynes and Boone, LLP.</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:4.5pt;margin-bottom:2.7pt'><font size=2>23.1*</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:4.5pt;margin-bottom: 2.7pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:4.5pt;margin-bottom:2.7pt'><font size=2>Consent of Haynes and Boone, LLP (included in the opinion of Haynes and Boone, LLP, filed herewith as Exhibit 5.1)</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:4.5pt;margin-bottom:2.7pt'><font size=2>23.2*</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:4.5pt;margin-bottom: 2.7pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:4.5pt;margin-bottom:2.7pt'><font size=2>Consent of Hein &amp; Associates LLP.</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:4.5pt;margin-bottom:2.7pt'><font size=2>23.3*</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:4.5pt;margin-bottom: 2.7pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:4.5pt;margin-bottom:2.7pt'><font size=2>Consent of LaRoche Petroleum Consultants, Ltd.</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:4.5pt;margin-bottom:2.7pt'><font size=2>24.1*</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:4.5pt;margin-bottom: 2.7pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:4.5pt;margin-bottom:2.7pt'><font size=2>Power of attorney (included on signature page to this registration statement).</font></p> </td> </tr></table>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Each document marked with an asterisk is filed herewith.</font></p> </td> </tr></table>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:6pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:right;'><font SIZE=2>EXHIBIT 5.1</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>[HAYNES AND BOONE, LLP LETTERHEAD]</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>May 15, 2006</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>Toreador Resources Corporation</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>4809 Cole Avenue</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>Suite 108</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>Dallas, Texas 75205 </font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>Re:  Registration Statement on Form S-8</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>Gentlemen: </font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>We have acted as counsel to Toreador Resources Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;), in connection with the preparation of the Company&#146;s registration statement on Form S-8 (the &#147;Registration Statement&#148;) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) on the date hereof. The Registration Statement relates to the registration of up to an aggregate of an additional 500,000 shares (the &#147;Shares&#148;) of the Company&#146;s common stock, par value $0.15625 per share, issuable pursuant to the Company&#146;s 2005 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;). </font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>In rendering the opinion set forth herein, we have reviewed the Registration Statement, the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, as amended to date, and the Bylaws of the Company, as amended to date. In addition, we have examined originals or photostatic or certified copies of certain of the records and documents of the Company, copies of public documents, certificates of officers of the Company, and such other agreements, instruments and documents as we have deemed necessary in connection with the opinion hereinafter expressed. As to the various questions of fact material to the opinion expressed below, we have relied solely upon certificates or comparable documents of officers and representatives of the Company without independent check or verification of their accuracy. </font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>In making such examination, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of all natural persons, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as certified, conformed or photostatic copies and the authenticity of the originals of such latter documents. </font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>Based on our examination described above, subject to the assumptions and limitations stated herein, and relying on the statements of fact contained in the documents that we have examined, we are of the opinion that the Shares have been duly authorized for issuance and, upon issuance in accordance with the terms of the Plan, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable. </font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>The opinion expressed herein is limited to the federal laws of the United States of America, and, to the extent relevant to the opinion expressed herein, the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the &#147;DGCL&#148;) and applicable provisions of the Delaware Constitution, in each case as currently in effect, and judicial decisions reported as of the date hereof and interpreting the DGCL and such provisions of the Delaware Constitution. </font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to all references to us in the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not thereby admit that we come within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder.</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:1.75in; text-indent:0.25in;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>Respectfully submitted </font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:1.75in; text-indent:0.25in;text-align:justify;'><u><font size=2>/s/ HAYNES AND BOONE, LLP</font></u><font size=2> </font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:1.75in; text-indent:0.25in;text-align:justify;'><font SIZE=2>HAYNES AND BOONE, LLP</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:right;'><font SIZE=2>EXHIBIT 23.2</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font SIZE=2>CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of Toreador Resources Corporation of our report dated March 23, 2006, relating to our audits of the consolidated financial statements and internal control over financial reporting, which appear in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Toreador Resources Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2005.</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>Our report dated March 23, 2006, on management&#146;s assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2005, expressed an opinion that management's assessment that Toreador Resources Corporation had not maintained effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2005, is fairly stated, in all material respects, based on criteria established in Internal Control&#151;Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO).  Also, our report expressed an opinion that Toreador Resources Corporation had not maintained effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2005, based on criteria established in Internal Control&#151;Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the
Treadway Commission (COSO).</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>/s/ Hein &amp; Associates LLP</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>Dallas, Texas</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>May 9, 2006</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:right;'><font SIZE=2>EXHIBIT 23.3</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:right;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font SIZE=2>CONSENT OF LAROCHE PETROLEUM CONSULTANTS, LTD.,</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font SIZE=2>INDEPENDENT PETROLEUM ENGINEERS</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:0.5in;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of our estimates of reserves included in Toreador Resources Corporation's Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31, 2005, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. </font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><u><font size=2>/s/ Edward Travis </font></u><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font SIZE=2>LAROCHE PETROLEUM CONSULTANTS, LTD. </font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Dallas, Texas</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>May 15, 2006</font></p>

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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 15, 2006
Registration No. ____
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
––––––––––––––––––––––
Form S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
––––––––––––––––––––––
TOREADOR RESOURCES CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
75-0991164
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
4809 Cole Avenue, Suite 108
Dallas, Texas
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
75205
(Zip Code)
––––––––––––––––––––––
Toreador Resources Corporation 2005 Long-Term Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plan)
––––––––––––––––––––––
G. Thomas Graves III
President and Chief Executive Officer
Toreador Resources Corporation
4809 Cole Avenue, Suite 108
Dallas, Texas  75205
(Name and address of agent for service)
(214) 559-3933
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
with copies of communications to:
Janice V. Sharry, Esq.
Haynes and Boone, LLP
901 Main Street, Suite 3100
Dallas, Texas 75202
(214) 651-5000
––––––––––––––––––––––
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of securities
to be registered
Amount to be
registered (1)
Proposed maximum offering price
per share (2)
Proposed maximum aggregate offering price (2)
Amount of registration fee (2)
Common Stock, $0.15625 par value
500,000
$29.01
$14,505,000.00
$1,553.00
(1)
Representing additional shares authorized under the Toreador Resources Corporation 2005 Long-Term Incentive Plan, plus such indeterminate number of shares of Common Stock as may be issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions in accordance with Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act").
(2)
The proposed maximum offering price per share and the proposed maximum aggregate offering price have been estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to paragraphs (c) and (h)(1) of Rule 457 promulgated under the Securities Act, based upon the average of the high and low sales prices of the Common Stock as reported on the Nasdaq National Market on May
12
, 2006.
EXPLANATORY STATEMENT IN CONNECTION WITH THE FILING
OF A REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8
FILED PURSUANT TO INSTRUCTION E OF FORM S-8
The Registrant previously filed a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-125050) (the "Registration Statement"), registering 250,000 shares under the Registrant's 2005 Long-Term Incentive Plan, the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.  In accordance with Instruction E of the general instructions to Form S-8, this Registration Statement is registering an additional 500,000 shares under the 2005 Long-Term Incentive Plan.
Item 8.
Exhibits.
Exhibit
No
.
Description
4.1
Restated Certificate of Incorporation, of Toreador Resources Corporation (previously filed as Exhibit 3.1 to Toreador Resources Corporation Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 29, 2005, File No. 000-02517, and incorporated herein by reference).
4.2
Third Amended and Restated Bylaws of Toreador Resources Corporation (previously filed as Exhibit 3.2 to Toreador Resources Corporation Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 29, 2005, File No. 000-02517, and incorporated herein by reference).
4.3
Toreador Resources Corporation 2005 Long-Term Incentive Plan (previously filed as Exhibit 10.1 to Toreador Resources Corporation Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 23, 2005, File No. 000-02517, and incorporated herein by reference).
4.4
Form of Specimen Stock Certificate representing shares of Toreador Resources Corporation Common Stock (previously filed as Exhibit 4.20 to Toreador Resources Corporation Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-129628) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 10, 2005, File No. 000-02517, and incorporated herein by reference).
4.5
Toreador Resources Corporation Amendment No. 1 to the Toreador Resources Corporation 2005 Long-Term Incentive Plan (previously filed as Exhibit 10.1 to Toreador Resources Corporation Current Report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 12, 2006, File No. 000-02517, and incorporated herein by reference).
5.1*
Opinion of Haynes and Boone, LLP.
23.1*
Consent of Haynes and Boone, LLP (included in the opinion of Haynes and Boone, LLP, filed herewith as Exhibit 5.1)
23.2*
Consent of Hein & Associates LLP.
23.3*
Consent of LaRoche Petroleum Consultants, Ltd.
24.1*
Power of attorney (included on signature page to this registration statement).
____________________
*
Each document marked with an asterisk is filed herewith.
Item 9.
Undertakings
The registrant hereby undertakes:
(a)(1)
To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i)
To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(ii)
To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a twenty percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the
"Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective registration statement.
(iii)
To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the Registration Statement; provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the Registration Statement is on Form S-8 and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference to the Registration Statement.
(2)
That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3)
To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b)
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c)
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to the directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provision, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit, or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the
matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by final adjudication of such issue.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Dallas, State of Texas, on the 15th day of May, 2006.
TOREADOR RESOURCES CORPORATION
By:
/s/ G Thomas Graves III
G. Thomas Graves III
President and Chief Executive Officer
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officers and directors of Toreador Resources Corporation, a Delaware corporation, do hereby constitute and appoint G. Thomas Graves III and Douglas W. Weir, and each of them, their true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents or attorney-in-fact and agent, with power and authority to do any and all acts and things and to execute any and all instruments which said attorneys and agents, and any one of them, determine may be necessary or advisable or required to enable said corporation to comply with the Securities Act, and any rules and regulations or requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with this registration statement.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing power and authority, the powers granted include the full power of substitution and resubstitution, for them and in their name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities, the power and authority to sign the names of the undersigned officers and directors in the capacities indicated below to this registration statement, to any and all amendments (including any post-effective amendments) and supplements thereto, and to any and all instruments or documents filed as part or in connection with this registration statement, and each of the undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms all that said attorneys and agents, or any of them, shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.  The Power of Attorney may be signed in several counterparts.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons and in the following capacities on the 15th day of May, 2006.
Signature
Title
/s/ G. Thomas Graves III
.
G. Thomas Graves III
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
/s/ Douglas W. Weir
Douglas W. Weir
Senior Vice President – Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ Charles J. Campise
Charles J. Campise
Vice President – Accounting and Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/ John Mark McLaughlin
John Mark McLaughlin
Director, Chairman of the Board of Directors
/s/ Nigel J. B. Lovett
.
Nigel J.B. Lovett
Director
/s/ H. R. Sanders, Jr.
.
H.R. Sanders, Jr.
Director
/s/ William I. Lee
William I. Lee
Director
/s/ Herbert L. Brewer
.
Herbert L. Brewer
Director
/s/ David M. Brewer
.
David M. Brewer
Director
/s/ Peter L. Falb
.
Peter L. Falb
Director
/s/ Nicholas Rostow
.
Nicholas Rostow
Director
/s/ Herbert C. Williamson III
Herbert C. Williamson III
Director
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
No
.
Description
4.1
Restated Certificate of Incorporation, of Toreador Resources Corporation (previously filed as Exhibit 3.1 to Toreador Resources Corporation Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 29, 2005, File No. 000-02517, and incorporated herein by reference).
4.2
Third Amended and Restated Bylaws of Toreador Resources Corporation (previously filed as Exhibit 3.2 to Toreador Resources Corporation Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 29, 2005, File No. 000-02517, and incorporated herein by reference).
4.3
Toreador Resources Corporation 2005 Long-Term Incentive Plan (previously filed as Exhibit 10.1 to Toreador Resources Corporation Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 23, 2005, File No. 000-02517, and incorporated herein by reference).
4.4
Form of Specimen Stock Certificate representing shares of Toreador Resources Corporation Common Stock (previously filed as Exhibit 4.20 to Toreador Resources Corporation Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-129628) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 10, 2005, File No. 000-02517, and incorporated herein by reference).
4.5
Toreador Resources Corporation Amendment No. 1 to the Toreador Resources Corporation 2005 Long-Term Incentive Plan (previously filed as Exhibit 10.1 to Toreador Resources Corporation Current Report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 12, 2006, File No. 000-02517, and incorporated herein by reference).
5.1*
Opinion of Haynes and Boone, LLP.
23.1*
Consent of Haynes and Boone, LLP (included in the opinion of Haynes and Boone, LLP, filed herewith as Exhibit 5.1)
23.2*
Consent of Hein & Associates LLP.
23.3*
Consent of LaRoche Petroleum Consultants, Ltd.
24.1*
Power of attorney (included on signature page to this registration statement).
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Each document marked with an asterisk is filed herewith.
EXHIBIT 5.1
[HAYNES AND BOONE, LLP LETTERHEAD]
May 15, 2006
Toreador Resources Corporation
4809 Cole Avenue
Suite 108
Dallas, Texas 75205
Re:  Registration Statement on Form S-8
Gentlemen:
We have acted as counsel to Toreador Resources Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), in connection with the preparation of the Company's registration statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement") under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on the date hereof. The Registration Statement relates to the registration of up to an aggregate of an additional 500,000 shares (the "Shares") of the Company's common stock, par value $0.15625 per share, issuable pursuant to the Company's 2005 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the "Plan").
In rendering the opinion set forth herein, we have reviewed the Registration Statement, the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, as amended to date, and the Bylaws of the Company, as amended to date. In addition, we have examined originals or photostatic or certified copies of certain of the records and documents of the Company, copies of public documents, certificates of officers of the Company, and such other agreements, instruments and documents as we have deemed necessary in connection with the opinion hereinafter expressed. As to the various questions of fact material to the opinion expressed below, we have relied solely upon certificates or comparable documents of officers and representatives of the Company without independent check or verification of their accuracy.
In making such examination, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of all natural persons, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as certified, conformed or photostatic copies and the authenticity of the originals of such latter documents.
Based on our examination described above, subject to the assumptions and limitations stated herein, and relying on the statements of fact contained in the documents that we have examined, we are of the opinion that the Shares have been duly authorized for issuance and, upon issuance in accordance with the terms of the Plan, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.
The opinion expressed herein is limited to the federal laws of the United States of America, and, to the extent relevant to the opinion expressed herein, the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the "DGCL") and applicable provisions of the Delaware Constitution, in each case as currently in effect, and judicial decisions reported as of the date hereof and interpreting the DGCL and such provisions of the Delaware Constitution.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to all references to us in the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not thereby admit that we come within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder.
Respectfully submitted
/s/ HAYNES AND BOONE, LLP
HAYNES AND BOONE, LLP
EXHIBIT 23.2
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of Toreador Resources Corporation of our report dated March 23, 2006, relating to our audits of the consolidated financial statements and internal control over financial reporting, which appear in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Toreador Resources Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2005.
Our report dated March 23, 2006, on management's assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2005, expressed an opinion that management's assessment that Toreador Resources Corporation had not maintained effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2005, is fairly stated, in all material respects, based on criteria established in Internal Control—Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO).  Also, our report expressed an opinion that Toreador Resources Corporation had not maintained effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2005, based on criteria established in Internal Control—Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the
Treadway Commission (COSO).
/s/ Hein & Associates LLP
Dallas, Texas
May 9, 2006
EXHIBIT 23.3
CONSENT OF LAROCHE PETROLEUM CONSULTANTS, LTD.,
INDEPENDENT PETROLEUM ENGINEERS
We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of our estimates of reserves included in Toreador Resources Corporation's Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31, 2005, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
/s/ Edward Travis
LAROCHE PETROLEUM CONSULTANTS, LTD.
Dallas, Texas
May 15, 2006