September 11, 2009
VIA EDGAR
Mr. H. Roger Schwall
Assistant Director
Division of Corporation Finance
Securities and Exchange Commission
Mail Stop 4720
100 F. Street, NE
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: | Toreador Resources Corporation |
| Form 10-K for Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2008 |
| Filed March 14, 2009, as amended April 16, 2009 |
| Definitive Proxy |
| Filed April 24, 2009 |
| Form 10-Q for Fiscal Quarter Ended March 31, 2009 |
| Filed May 11, 2009 |
| Form 10-Q for Fiscal Quarter Ended June 30, 2009 |
| Filed August 7, 2009 |
| File No. 1-34216 |
Dear Mr. Schwall:
On behalf of Toreador Resources Corporation (the “Company”), we submit this letter in response to comments from the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission received by letter dated August 28, 2009 (the “Comment Letter”) relating to the above-referenced filings. We are working expeditiously to respond to the Comment Letter, and we currently anticipate submitting a response to the Comment Letter on or before September 25, 2009. For information, future correspondence can be sent to our Dallas office at 13760 Noel Road, Suite #1100, Dallas, TX 75240, fax: (214) 559-3945. Please do not hesitate to contact me at (214) 559-3933 with any questions or concerns you may have regarding the timetable described above.
Very truly yours,
Charles Campise
cc: | John Lucas |
| James Murphy |
| Laura Nicholson |
