This paper seeks to assess and documents the establishment, growth and development of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Depot in Makurdi, Benue State from the date of its establishment in 1979 to 2015 when it was shut down from receiving product in Port Harcourt Refinery. The main purpose of establishing this Depot is to distribute NNPC Petroleum products such as Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) Automotive Gas Oil (AGO) and Dual Purpose Kerosene (DPK) from port Harcourt Refinery down to the depot for easy access and up liftmen to Makurdi Depot and its environs by the petroleum marketers to the areas such as Kogi, Nassarawa, Benue and part of Taraba States. The Depot is headed by the Depot Manager who is assisted by the Deputy Depot manager, down to other Depot superintendents and supervisors of various departments.

This work employs the use of both the primary and the secondary data in its qualitative analysis. The Depot however encounters numerous challenges such as vanderlization of petroleum pipelines, poor management. And the depot cannot longer pump fuel to its Oil marketers. The stakeholders in the Oil marketing and distribution are calling on Federal Government to restore the depot to its optimal operation to save them from this caters trophy.