| Dr | Muhammad waris saeed | Khan | National excellence uiversity | Pakistan | Best Academic Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Mingyong | Tang | Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden | China | Research Excellence Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | BILLEL | SALHI | Interdisciplinary research center for membranes and water security, KFUPM | Saudi Arabia | Research Excellence Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Giuseppe | Ferrara | Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV) | Italy | Young Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Djaber | BOUHAFARA | National Higher School of Technology and Engineering (ENSTI-annaba), Laboratory of Energy Systems Technologies (LTSE), Annaba, Algeria | Algeria | Research Excellence Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Behjat | Deiminiat | Ferdowsi University Of Mashhad | Iran | Best Academic Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Tendai | Makoni | University of the Free State | South Africa | Research Excellence Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Ghazala | Muteeb | King Faisal University | Saudi Arabia | Women Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Yuanyuan | Ma | Rice University | United States | Research Excellence Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Shikhnazar | Ismailov | TUIT | Uzbekistan | Research Excellence Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |