| Prof. Dr | Nezihe | Ayas | Eskişehir Technical University | Turkey | Excellence in Research Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Denis | Nsubuga | Makerere University | Uganda | Research Excellence Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Prof | Hadi | Belhaj | Khalifa University | United Arab Emirates | Excellence in Reservoir Engineering Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Olusoji Lawrence | Taiwo | Schlumberger OilField UK Limited | United Kingdom | Best Academic Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Prof | Roberto | Parra-Saldivar | Cranfield University | United Kingdom | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Mr | Rushdie | Rasheed | Brookes Bell | United Kingdom | Research Excellence Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Simon | Yunes | Micromeritics | United States | Best Academic Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Reiko | Kiyonami | Thermo Fisher Scientific | United States | Best Industrial Research Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Tahir Cetin | AKINCI | University of California Riverside | United States | Best Research Article Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Ashutosh | Sharma | University of OKlahoma | United States | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Prof | Xiao-Ping | Chen | University of Washington | United States | Best Academic 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 |
| Mr | David | Olawumi | University of Maryland | United States | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Mr | Nabe | Konate | The University of Oklahoma | United States | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Assist. Prof. Dr | Julia | Shamshina | Texas Tech University | United States | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Selim | Shaker | GAS | United States | Best Offshore Exploration Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Prof. Dr | Alian | Wang | Washington University in St. Louis | United States | Best Academic Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Seyed | Ghiaasiaan | University of Texas Permian Basin | United States | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |