| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Jinyou | DAI | China University of Petroleum, Beijing | China | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Mr | Chen | Hao | Chengdu Center, China Geological Survey (Geoscience Innovation Center of Southwest China), Chengdu, China | China | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Prof. Dr | Ida Lykke | Fabricius | Techni | Denmark | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Prof | Juan | Soto | University of Granada | Spain | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Jianming | Zhang | Ocean University of China | China | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Mr | Ahmed | El-midany | SLB | Egypt | Best Researcher 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 |
| Dr | Wei | Wang | Nanyang Normal University | China | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Valentina | Grebenshchikova | Institute of Geochemistry, SB RAS | Russia | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Prof | Younes | Hamed | University of Gafsa | Tunisia | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Silvia | Gramolelli | Åbo Akademi | Finland | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Mr | Tomasz | Zieliński | Orlen S.A. | Poland | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Prof. Dr | Peter | Rose | Energy & Geoscience Institute at the University of Utah | United States | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Zhitao | Hao | Inner Mongolia University of Science and Technology | China | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Prof. Dr | Hu | Jia | Southwest Petroleum University | China | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Shuangmei | Zou | China University of Geosciences | China | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Cristiano | Fick | Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Tingting | Ke | Shaanxi Institute of Geological Survey | China | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Said | Gaci | Sonatrach-DC R&D | Algeria | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Prof. Dr | Yang | Zhao | China University of Petroleum-Beijing | China | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |