Toreador resources Corp. (TRGL)

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California Investment Bank Initiates Coverage Of Toreador Resources

Posted on 11/03/09 at 8:02am
IRVINE, Calif., Nov. 3, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- C. K. Cooper & Company, an independent, full-service investment bank, headquartered in Irvine, Calif. announced today that it has initiated coverage of Toreador Resources Corp. (Nasdaq: TRGL).

"Toreador is deploying new technology to unlock a huge source of oil that lies beneath their Paris Basin acreage in France. If successful, it could be the largest oil shale project outside of North America," said Joel Musante, Senior Research Analyst with C. K. Cooper & Company.

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