| Dr | Dahai | Wang | Sinopec Petroleum Exploration and Production Research Institute | China | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Mr | Ahmed | El-midany | SLB | Egypt | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Said | Gaci | Sonatrach-DC R&D | Algeria | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Pengfei | Wang | Southern University of Science and Technology | China | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Mr | Fei | Huo | southwest petroleum university | China | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Massine | Bouchakour | Southwest Petroleum University | China | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Prof. Dr | Hu | Jia | Southwest Petroleum University | China | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Jialing | Zou | Southwest Petroleum University | China | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Prof. Dr | Ren-Shi | Nie | Southwest Petroleum University | China | 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 |