Oil giant Total SA (TOT) is studying the French antitrust authority's statement of objections regarding alleged antitrust practices in the liquefied petroleum gas market, a company spokeswoman said Friday.

Total received the statement in July, the spokeswoman said. The competition authority didn't immediately return a request for comment.

In an annex to Total's recent second-quarter earnings report, posted on the company's Web site, Total said it had received a statement of objections in July from French antitrust authorities concerning a product line of its refining and marketing division.

Total has three months from the end of July to study the statement of objections, the spokeswoman said Friday, declining to comment further.

The French competition authority has informed Total and peers Royal Dutch Shell PLC (RDSA.LN) and UGI Corp. (UGI) of its concerns over suspected anticompetitive practices in the country's liquefied petroleum gas market, according to a report in Les Echos newspaper Friday.

Company Web site: www.total.com

-By Adam Mitchell, Dow Jones Newswires, +33 1 40171756; adam.mitchell@dowjones.com