| Mr | Christopher | Mkono | China university of Geosciences (Wuhan) | China | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Chunxu | Qin | Inner Mongolia University of Technology | China | Research Excellence Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Cristiano | Fick | Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Dahai | Wang | Sinopec Petroleum Exploration and Production Research Institute | China | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Dandan | Zhu | China University of Petroleum, Beijing | China | AI and Automation in Petroleum Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Mr | Darshan | N | IIT Dharwad | India | Best Research Article Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Mr | David | Olawumi | University of Maryland | United States | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Denis | Nsubuga | Makerere University | Uganda | Research Excellence Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Prof | Dieqing | Zhang | Shanghai Normal University | China | Research Excellence Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Dilek | SENOL ARSLAN | Abdullah Gul University | Turkey | Research Excellence Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |