| Dr | Said | Gaci | Sonatrach-DC R&D | Algeria | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Mr | Javid | Ashrafifar | Monash University | Australia | 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 |
| Dr | Cristiano | Fick | Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Mr | Jean Marie Stevy | SAMA | Université de Douala Cameroun | Cameroon | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Huan | Miao | China university of petroleum (Beijing) | China | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Mrs | Bei | Gao | Schlumberger | China | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Prof. Dr | Tingshan | Zhang | SW Petroleum Univ. | China | Best Academic Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Mr | Christopher | Mkono | China university of Geosciences (Wuhan) | China | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Massine | Bouchakour | Southwest Petroleum University | China | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Prof. Dr | Yuxin | Zhao | CNPC Tubular Goods Research Institute (TGRI) | China | 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 |
| Ms | Wu | Zhineng | Hebei University of Technology | 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 | jingfeng | Dong | Northeast Forestry University | China | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Prof | Xiaojun | Tang | Xi’an Jiaotong University | China | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Jinyou | DAI | China University of Petroleum, Beijing | China | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |