| Dr | Selim | Shaker | GAS | United States | Best Offshore Exploration Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Prof. Dr | Alian | Wang | Washington University in St. Louis | United States | Best Academic Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Seyed | Ghiaasiaan | University of Texas Permian Basin | United States | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Yuanyuan | Ma | Rice University | United States | Research Excellence Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Saurajyoti | Kar | Argonne National Laboratory | United States | Research Excellence Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Olusoji Lawrence | Taiwo | Schlumberger OilField UK Limited | United Kingdom | Best Academic Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Prof | Roberto | Parra-Saldivar | Cranfield University | United Kingdom | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Mr | Rushdie | Rasheed | Brookes Bell | United Kingdom | Research Excellence Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Prof | Hadi | Belhaj | Khalifa University | United Arab Emirates | Excellence in Reservoir Engineering Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Denis | Nsubuga | Makerere University | Uganda | Research Excellence Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |