| Mr | Qi | Sun | China University of Petroleum | China | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Mr | Jianchun | Xu | China University of Petroleum (East China) | China | Best Unconventional Resource Development Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Mr | David | Olawumi | University of Maryland | United States | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Mr | Tieshan | Zhang | Ningxia Institute Of Science And Technology | China | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Mr | Nabe | Konate | The University of Oklahoma | United States | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Avishkar | Bhoskar | Asian Lab Grown Diamonds | India | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Huan | Miao | China university of petroleum (Beijing) | China | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Gabriel | Omolaiye | University of Ilorin | Nigeria | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Sameer | Arora | National Institute of Urban Affairs | India | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Simon | Yunes | Micromeritics | United States | Best Academic Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Ashutosh | Sharma | University of OKlahoma | United States | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Reiko | Kiyonami | Thermo Fisher Scientific | United States | Best Industrial Research 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 |
| Dr | Tahir Cetin | AKINCI | University of California Riverside | United States | Best Research Article 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 |
| Dr | Fei | Tang | China University of Mining & Technology, Beijing | China | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Dahai | Wang | Sinopec Petroleum Exploration and Production Research Institute | China | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Sourav | Poddar | Haldia Institute of Technology | India | Best Academic Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |