| Prof. Dr | Marcelo | Ortega Romero | Universidad Politécnica de Madrid | Spain | Innovative Research Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Łukasz | Warguła | Poznań University of Technology | Poland | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Ms | Lin | Chen | State Key Laboratory of Solid Lubrication, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences | China | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Mr | Lasitha | Madhusanka | Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | Research Excellence Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Ms | Kátia Sofia | D. S. Gomes | RWTH Aachen Univeristy | Germany | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Karol | Kyzioł | AGH University of Krakow | Poland | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Kaituo | Jiao | Yangtze University | China | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Jun | Cai | Yangtze University | China | Excellence in Research | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Assist. Prof. Dr | Julia | Shamshina | Texas Tech University | United States | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Prof | Juan | Soto | University of Granada | Spain | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |