| Mr | Oluwaseun | Duntoye | Seoul National University of Science and Technology | South Korea | Research Excellence Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Chunxu | Qin | Inner Mongolia University of Technology | China | Research Excellence Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Denis | Nsubuga | Makerere University | Uganda | Research Excellence Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Prof. Dr | Andrey | Filonov | Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms of Russian Academy of Sciences | Russia | Research Excellence Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| 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 |