Mr Godmin Eruba, the Chairman of the union, disclosed this in an interview with newsmen in Port Harcourt on Thursday.
He said that the union was working with security agents to ensure that oil theft in the Niger-Delta region was curtailed.
Eruba identified oil theft as a major challenge facing the development of the oil and gas industry.
``We have been working round the clock and collaborating with security agents to check oil theft.
``Whenever we notice such illegal oil bunkering, we report to the relevant authorities.
``Our union also assists the task force in patrolling oil pipelines on daily basis in the Niger-Delta,” he said.
The chairman said that “all hands must be on deck to stop oil theft in the country”.
According to Eruba, the union is ready to work assiduously to stop the menace, adding that government needed to provide more support.
``NUPENG is ever willing to support government; it cannot do it alone.
``We need the partnership with the government because the fight against oil bunkering is very tasking and expensive,” he said.
Eruba said that NUPENG’s knowledge about the upstream and downstream sectors of the oil and gas industry would be helpful in the fight against the scourge.
The chairman said: ``any of our members caught in this illegal business will be suspended.
“As I am speaking with you today, there are top ranking NUPENG officials that have been under suspension for their involvement in oil bunkering``.
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