| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Xiong | Ding | School of Geoscience and Technology, Southwest Petroleum University | China | Research Excellence Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Mingyong | Tang | Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden | China | Research Excellence Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | BILLEL | SALHI | Interdisciplinary research center for membranes and water security, KFUPM | Saudi Arabia | Research Excellence Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Mr | Vinay | Bansal | INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KHARAGPUR | India | Research Excellence Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Mr | Muhammed Sami | Us | Munzur University | Turkey | Research Excellence Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Mr | Rushdie | Rasheed | Brookes Bell | United Kingdom | Research Excellence Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Djaber | BOUHAFARA | National Higher School of Technology and Engineering (ENSTI-annaba), Laboratory of Energy Systems Technologies (LTSE), Annaba, Algeria | Algeria | Research Excellence Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Tendai | Makoni | University of the Free State | South Africa | Research Excellence Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Yuanyuan | Ma | Rice University | United States | Research Excellence Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Mr | Lasitha | Madhusanka | Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | Research Excellence Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |