CAPE TOWN, June 6 (Reuters) - Equatorial Guinea's energyminister on Monday said U.S. company Schlumberger walkedaway from talks with Ophir over the development of theFortuna LNG project because it wanted to "monopoliseeverything."
But Gabriel Obiang Lima said he was confident the projectwould go ahead and be successful, with Equatorial Guinea takingan equity stake via its state-owned companies. (Reporting by Wendell Roelf; Editing by Ed Stoddard)