| Mr | Hossein | Kiani | Amirkabir University of Technology | Iran | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Prof | Hadi | Belhaj | Khalifa University | United Arab Emirates | Excellence in Reservoir Engineering Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Mr | Gedefaw | Mebratie | Mekdela Amba University and Bahir Dar University | Ethiopia | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Gabriel | Omolaiye | University of Ilorin | Nigeria | Best 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 | Fei | Tang | China University of Mining & Technology, Beijing | China | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Mr | Fei | Huo | southwest petroleum university | China | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Assist. Prof. Dr | Emanuela | Drago | University of Genoa | Italy | Best Academic Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Prof. Dr | Eduardo Antonio | Rossello | IGEBA-CONICET | Argentina | Best Research Article Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Yuanyuan | Ma | Rice University | United States | Research Excellence Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |