| Prof | ENRIQUE MAURICIO | BARRENO AVILA | Universidad Técnica de Ambato | Ecuador | Best Industrial Research Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Prof. Dr | Ida Lykke | Fabricius | Techni | Denmark | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Mr | Petr | Kozubek | Charles University / Enacon s.r.o. | Czech Republic | Research Excellence Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Mrs | Vanessa | Torres Ramos | Ecopetrol | Colombia | Excellence in Research 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 |
| 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 | Jingye | Liu | School of Management, China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing) | China | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Huan | Miao | China university of petroleum (Beijing) | China | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |