The Oil and Gas Discovery Centre (OGDC; ms, Pusat Penemuan Minyak dan Gas) is a
science centre
A science museum is a museum devoted primarily to science. Older science museums tended to concentrate on static displays of objects related to natural history, paleontology, geology, industry and industrial machinery, etc. Modern trends in m ...
in
Seria
Seria () is a town in Belait District, Brunei, about west from the country's capital Bandar Seri Begawan. The total population was 3,625 in 2016. It was where oil was first struck in Brunei in 1929 and has since become a centre for the countr ...
,
Belait District
Belait District (; Jawi: دأيره بلأيت), or simply Belait (), is the largest as well as the westernmost district in Brunei. It has an area of and the population of 69,062 as of 2016. The administrative town is Kuala Belait, located at ...
,
Brunei
Brunei ( , ), formally Brunei Darussalam ( ms, Negara Brunei Darussalam, Jawi: , ), is a country located on the north coast of the island of Borneo in Southeast Asia. Apart from its South China Sea coast, it is completely surrounded by t ...
. It was constructed near the
Seria Oil Field
Seria oil field also known as Seria Field is the largest oil field in northwest Borneo, discovered in 1929. The oil is accumulated in Upper Miocene sandstone, trapped in Seria Anticline that straddles the present day coastline. This field has prod ...
and was rebranded Seria Energy Lab (SEL) in 2020.
History
The centre was officiated by
Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah on 14 September 2002.
From 2 July 2018 until 2 May 2020, it underwent major renovation and the rebranding of its name from ''Oil and Gas Discovery Centre'' to ''Seria Energy Lab''.
Architecture
The centre consists of the main gallery,
basketball court
In basketball, the basketball court is the playing surface, consisting of a rectangular floor, with baskets at each end. Indoor basketball courts are almost always made of polished wood, usually maple, with -high rims on each basket. Outdoor sur ...
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beach soccer pit, big top, classroom, conference room, playground, science lab and theater.
Gallery
File:Oil and Gas Discovery Centre.jpg, ''Oil and Gas Discovery Centre'' on 13 January 2018
File:Steam Boiler at Oil and Gas Discovery Centre.jpg, Steam Boiler on display
File:Seria Energy Lab (3).jpg
File:Seria Energy Lab (4).jpg, Pumpjack
A pumpjack is the overground drive for a reciprocating piston pump in an oil well.
It is used to mechanically lift liquid out of the well if there is not enough bottom hole pressure for the liquid to flow all the way to the surface. The arr ...
mechanism on display
File:I LOVE SERIA at Oil and Gas Discovery Centre.jpg, ''I LOVE SERIA'' sign
File:Seria Energy Lab (2).jpg, ''Seria Energy Lab'' on 4 April 2021
See also
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Tourism in Brunei
Tourism in Brunei is governed by the Ministry of Primary Resources and Tourism, which is planning to diversify Brunei's tourism to include adventure tourism, ecotourism and Islamic tourism.
Overview
The Brunei dollar is one of strongest currencie ...
References
External links
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2002 establishments in Brunei
Buildings and structures in Brunei
Science and technology in Brunei
Scientific organisations based in Brunei
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