| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Seyed Mohammad Hassan | Hosseini | Shahrood University of Technology | Iran | Best Research Article Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Simon | Yunes | Micromeritics | United States | Best Academic Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Sourav | Poddar | Haldia Institute of Technology | India | Best Academic Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Tahir Cetin | AKINCI | University of California Riverside | United States | Best Research Article Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Taiba | Kouser | King Fahd University of Petrolium and Minerals Dhahran | Saudi Arabia | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Prof. Dr | Tingshan | Zhang | SW Petroleum Univ. | China | Best Academic Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Ms | Wu | Zhineng | Hebei University of Technology | China | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Prof | Xiao-Ping | Chen | University of Washington | United States | Best Academic Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Prof. Dr | Yuxin | Zhao | CNPC Tubular Goods Research Institute (TGRI) | China | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Mr | Zia Ur | Rehman | Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Engineering and Technology, Taxila | Pakistan | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |