| Prof. Dr | Peter | Rose | Energy & Geoscience Institute at the University of Utah | United States | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Olusoji Lawrence | Taiwo | Schlumberger OilField UK Limited | United Kingdom | Best Academic Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Mr | Nega | Belay | Bahir Dar Institute of Technology, Bahir Dar University | Ethiopia | Best Research in Petroleum Engineering Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Mr | Nabe | Konate | The University of Oklahoma | United States | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Prof | Mohammadali | Ahmadi | University of Technology (SUT) | Iran | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Assist. Prof. Dr | Mohammad Raza | Miah | Department of Textile Engineering, BGMEA University of Fashion and Technology (BUFT), Dhaka, 1230, Bangladesh. | Bangladesh | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Mehmet | CAKIR | Yildiz Technical University | Turkey | Best Research in Petroleum Engineering Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Assist. Prof. Dr | Maysoon | Hilal | University of Samarra/Architecture Department | Iraq | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Massine | Bouchakour | Southwest Petroleum University | China | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Łukasz | Warguła | Poznań University of Technology | Poland | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Ms | Kátia Sofia | D. S. Gomes | RWTH Aachen Univeristy | Germany | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Prof | Juan | Soto | University of Granada | Spain | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Jinyou | DAI | China University of Petroleum, Beijing | 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 | jingfeng | Dong | Northeast Forestry University | China | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Jianming | Zhang | Ocean University of China | 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 | Jean Marie Stevy | SAMA | Université de Douala Cameroun | Cameroon | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Mr | Javid | Ashrafifar | Monash University | Australia | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Prof | Javad | Saien | Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran | Iran | Best Research Article Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |