Overview of the 4 Projects of Japan's yen loan (Annex 2)

November 2011

1 Health sector reconstruction project

(1) Purpose : The project aims at realizing fair distribution of health services across the nation and strengthening the healthcare system in Iraq through establishing new hospitals at the secondary level in suburban areas, thereby contributing to improving the health of the people of the Republic of Iraq.
(2) Project site: Governorates of Thi Qar, Basra, Salaheddin, Kirkuk, Diyala, Babiylon and Karbala
(3) Amount of yen loan: up to 10,245 million yen (total project cost: 10,589 million yen)

(1) Purpose : The project aims to improve the communication environment as a basic industrial infrastructure in the Republic of Iraq by developing Internet Protocol communication systems and Local Access Networks in major cities in the Republic.
(2) Project site : Major Cities such as Baghdad, Basra and Mosul
(3) Amount of yen loan: up to 11,674 million yen (total project cost: 12,821 million yen)

(1) Purpose : The project aims to improve the quality of refined products and reduction of the supply-demand gap of oil products through strengthening the productivity of oil products, by installing a new Fluid Catalytic Cracking Complex in the existing Basrah Refinery. The improvement in production capacity will allow the Republic of Iraq to prevent the drain of foreign currency due to import of refined products.
(2) Project site: Governorate of Al-Basrah
(3) Amount of yen loan: up to 42,435 million yen (total project cost: 165,329 million yen)

(1) Purpose : The project includes the Front End Engineering Design and its relevant engineering services to introduce modern process by installing a new Fluid Catalytic Cracking Complex in the existing Baiji Refinery.
(2) Project site : Governorates of Salaheddin
(3) Amount of yen loan: up to 2,676 million yen (total project cost: 7,960 million yen)