| Dr | Fei | Tang | China University of Mining & Technology, Beijing | China | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Prof | GABRIEL DRAGOS | VASILESCU | National Institute for Research and Development in Mine Safety and Protection to Explosion – INSEMEX | Romania | Best Academic Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Gabriel | Omolaiye | University of Ilorin | Nigeria | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Mr | Gedefaw | Mebratie | Mekdela Amba University and Bahir Dar University | Ethiopia | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Prof | Hadi | Belhaj | Khalifa University | United Arab Emirates | Excellence in Reservoir Engineering Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Mr | Hossein | Kiani | Amirkabir University of Technology | Iran | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Prof. Dr | Hu | Jia | Southwest Petroleum University | China | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Huan | Miao | China university of petroleum (Beijing) | China | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Huayu | Long | university of Tianjin | China | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Prof. Dr | Ida Lykke | Fabricius | Techni | Denmark | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Ivan | Gajdoš | Technical University of Košice | Slovakia | Best Research Article Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | J.Arunprasad | | Mechanical, Industrial and Aeronautical Engineering/University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. | South Africa | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Prof | Javad | Saien | Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran | Iran | Best Research Article Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Mr | Javid | Ashrafifar | Monash University | Australia | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Mr | Jean Marie Stevy | SAMA | Université de Douala Cameroun | Cameroon | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Mr | Jianchun | Xu | China University of Petroleum (East China) | China | Best Unconventional Resource Development Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Jianming | Zhang | Ocean University of China | China | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | jingfeng | Dong | Northeast Forestry University | China | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Jingye | Liu | School of Management, China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing) | China | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Jinyou | DAI | China University of Petroleum, Beijing | China | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |