| Prof. Dr | Tingshan | Zhang | SW Petroleum Univ. | China | Best Academic Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Simon | Yunes | Micromeritics | United States | Best Academic Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Chigozie | Uzoh | Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka | Nigeria | Best Academic Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Sourav | Poddar | Haldia Institute of Technology | India | Best Academic Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Prof | Xiao-Ping | Chen | University of Washington | United States | Best Academic Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Prof. Dr | S.S. | Mortazavi | Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz | Iran | Best Academic Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Prof | GABRIEL DRAGOS | VASILESCU | National Institute for Research and Development in Mine Safety and Protection to Explosion – INSEMEX | Romania | Best Academic Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Reiko | Kiyonami | Thermo Fisher Scientific | United States | Best Industrial Research Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Mr | Darshan | N | IIT Dharwad | India | Best Research Article Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Ivan | Gajdoš | Technical University of Košice | Slovakia | Best Research Article Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Tahir Cetin | AKINCI | University of California Riverside | United States | Best Research Article Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Prof | Javad | Saien | Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran | Iran | Best Research Article Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Seyed Mohammad Hassan | Hosseini | Shahrood University of Technology | Iran | Best Research Article 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 |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Mehmet | CAKIR | Yildiz Technical University | Turkey | Best Research in Petroleum Engineering Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Rabab | Nasser | Egyptian Petroleum Research Institute | Egypt | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Avishkar | Bhoskar | Asian Lab Grown Diamonds | India | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Huan | Miao | China university of petroleum (Beijing) | China | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Gabriel | Omolaiye | University of Ilorin | Nigeria | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Mrs | Bei | Gao | Schlumberger | China | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |