| Dr | Dahai | Wang | Sinopec Petroleum Exploration and Production Research Institute | China | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Cristiano | Fick | Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Chunxu | Qin | Inner Mongolia University of Technology | China | Research Excellence Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Mr | Christopher | Mkono | China university of Geosciences (Wuhan) | China | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Chouhaïd | Souissi | Faculty of Sciences of Sfax | Tunisia | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Chigozie | Uzoh | Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka | Nigeria | Best Academic Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Mr | Chen | Hao | Chengdu Center, China Geological Survey (Geoscience Innovation Center of Southwest China), Chengdu, China | China | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Mr | Bolin | Ji | Donghua University | China | Best Academic Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Binyam | Teferi | Wachemo University | Ethiopia | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | BING | Fang | 北京石油化工学院 | China | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |