| Dr | Sameer | Arora | National Institute of Urban Affairs | India | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Łukasz | Warguła | Poznań University of Technology | Poland | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Assist. Prof. Dr | Rasha | El-Sayed Mohamed | Egyptian Petroleum Research institute | Egypt | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Ashutosh | Sharma | University of OKlahoma | United States | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Mr | Gedefaw | Mebratie | Mekdela Amba University and Bahir Dar University | Ethiopia | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Mr | Bawoke Mekuye | Getnet | Mekdela Amba University | Ethiopia | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Assist. Prof. Dr | Rahim | Zahedi | University of Tehran | Iran | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Mr | Javid | Ashrafifar | Monash University | Australia | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Mr | Christopher | Mkono | China university of Geosciences (Wuhan) | China | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Mr | Samy | K. Moawad | Ain Shams University | Egypt | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Taiba | Kouser | King Fahd University of Petrolium and Minerals Dhahran | Saudi Arabia | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Massine | Bouchakour | Southwest Petroleum University | China | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Prof | Mohammadali | Ahmadi | University of Technology (SUT) | Iran | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Prof. Dr | Yuxin | Zhao | CNPC Tubular Goods Research Institute (TGRI) | China | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Assist. Prof. Dr | Reza | Zabihi | Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman | Iran | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Mr | Jean Marie Stevy | SAMA | Université de Douala Cameroun | Cameroon | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Mr | Fei | Huo | southwest petroleum university | China | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Huayu | Long | university of Tianjin | 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 |
| Mr | Hossein | Kiani | Amirkabir University of Technology | Iran | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |