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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 mu ...
in Seria, Belait District, Brunei. It was constructed near the Seria Oil Field and was rebranded Seria Energy Lab (SEL) in 2020.


History

The centre was officiated by
Sultan Sultan (; ar, سلطان ', ) is a position with several historical meanings. Originally, it was an Arabic abstract noun meaning "strength", "authority", "rulership", derived from the verbal noun ', meaning "authority" or "power". Later, it ...
Hassanal Bolkiah Hassanal Bolkiah ibni Omar Ali Saifuddien III ( Jawi: ; born 15 July 1946) is the 29th and current Sultan and Yang di-Pertuan of Brunei since 1967 and the Prime Minister of Brunei since independence from the United Kingdom in 1984. He is one ...
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, 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,
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on display File:Seria Energy Lab (3).jpg File:Seria Energy Lab (4).jpg, Pumpjack 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

* Tourism in Brunei


References


External links

* 2002 establishments in Brunei Buildings and structures in Brunei Science and technology in Brunei Scientific organisations based in Brunei {{Brunei-struct-stub