| 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 |
| Prof. Dr | Ren-Shi | Nie | Southwest Petroleum University | China | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Mr | Mehabaw | Fikrie | University of Gondar | Ethiopia | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Niroj Kumar | Mohalik | CSIR-CIMFR Dhanbad | India | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Chouhaïd | Souissi | Faculty of Sciences of Sfax | Tunisia | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Prof. Dr | Rosanna | Capparelli | Università degli studi di Napoli Federico II | Italy | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Prof | Wafaa Kamil | Mahmood | Department of Mining and Extractive Metallurgy Engineering, College of Production Engineering and Metallurgy, University of Technology-Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq | Iraq | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Prof. Dr | Jari | Kaivo-oja | University of Turku | Finland | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Pietro | Falciglia | Univeristy of Catania | Italy | Best Review Paper Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Obakeng | Nchoe | WITS University | South Africa | Best Review Paper Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |