Toreador Resources (TRGL) 8-K Departure of Directors or Principal Officers

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT

TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) August 9, 2006

Toreador Resources Corporation

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Delaware

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

	0-02517		75-0991164
(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

	4809 Cole Avenue, Suite 108
		Dallas, Texas		75205
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)			(Zip Code)

(214) 559-3933

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers

On August 9, 2006, the Toreador Resources Corporation (“Toreador”) Board of Directors selected Alan D. Bell to be an additional member of the Board of Directors. Mr. Bell has been appointed as Chairman of Toreador’s audit committee and is a “financial expert” under both the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission and Nasdaq.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Company has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

TOREADOR RESOURCES CORPORATION

Date: August 11, 2006

By:	/s/ G. Thomas Graves III
	G. Thomas Graves III, President and CEO