World’s top infrastructure manager eyes India oil, gas pipeline assets

The global slump in oil prices amid the coronavirus outbreak will push Indian state-owned firms to sell some assets, according to Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets, and the world’s biggest infrastructure investor is already in line.

“There is a fair bit of opportunity for the government to divest non-core oil and gas assets, like oil storage facilities, pipelines, transmission facilities,” Suresh Goyal who heads MIRA in India and Southeast Asia, said in an interview. “With our investment platforms, local teams, we are well placed on capitalizing this opportunity.”

While he declined to share investment projections, MIRA raised about $61 billion in capital globally last year — the highest in the world based on data from Infrastructure Investor –and has poured $2.5 billion into India over the past decade.