Science on the move with OGDC

The Oil and Gas Centre (OGDC) received their 'OGDC Van' on Thursday, during the official handing over ceremony at OGDC, a press release from BSP said.

The van will enable OGDC to embark on a more proactive approach towards promoting science and technology education by doing mobile road shows at different schools and education centres in Brunei Darussalam.

In return, this will provide a great outreach and interaction to the people - especially school children - and eventually bring them closer to OGDC.

According to Awg Iskandar Alias, Head of Operations at OGDC, "The van will support our 'science on the move' programme. OGDC team will venture out to schools and community centres promoting science."

"As some of our exhibits such as the interactive exhibits or puzzles are transportable, we will be able to use it as our demo for the science shows. This will demonstrate an educational enrichment, where learning about science is fun and interesting," he added.

On hand to present the van was Awg Hj Mahmud Hj Adris, Head Department of Transport and Logistics Services (STL) of Brunei Shell Petroleum (BSP), to Awg Haji Zainal Abidin Haji Mohd Ali, Deputy Managing Director of BSP.

The ceremony continued with a 'tepung tawar' ceremony led by Awg Haji Zainal Abidin to mark the blessing ceremony.

OGDC was officially opened by His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam on Sept 14, 2002 and to date, has draw about 30,000 visitors.

Within a year, OGDC has organised more than 200 activities and will expand with the completion of its education centre by the end of this year.

Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin