| Dr | Sina | Sayardoost Tabrizi | University of Tehran | Iran | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Mr | Behnam | Rezvani | University of Tehran | Iran | Best Academic Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Seyed | Ghiaasiaan | University of Texas Permian Basin | United States | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Tendai | Makoni | University of the Free State | South Africa | Research Excellence Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Huayu | Long | university of Tianjin | China | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Prof. Dr | Jari | Kaivo-oja | University of Turku | Finland | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Prof | Xiao-Ping | Chen | University of Washington | United States | Best Academic Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Binyam | Teferi | Wachemo University | Ethiopia | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Prof. Dr | Alian | Wang | Washington University in St. Louis | United States | Best Academic Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Myriam | SAID | Wastewater and Environment Laboratory, Water Research and Technologies Center of Borj-Cedria | Tunisia | Best Academic Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |