| Dr | Hem Bahadur | Motra | University of Kiel | Germany | Excellence in Research Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Mr | Richard | Shumbusho | University of Rwanda | Rwanda | Best Academic Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Mr | Markku | Kinnunen | Aalto University | Finland | Research Excellence Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Quoc Thang | Nguyen | Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and National Taiwan University | Taiwan | Research Excellence Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Mr | Yi | Tu | CNOOC(China) co., LTD Shenzhen branch, Shenzhen, | China | Best Academic Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Jinfa | Zhang | China University of Petroleum (Beijing) | China | Research Excellence Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Prof | ENRIQUE MAURICIO | BARRENO AVILA | Universidad Técnica de Ambato | Ecuador | Best Industrial Research Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Mr | Petr | Kozubek | Charles University / Enacon s.r.o. | Czech Republic | Research Excellence Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Prof | Saeed | Zeinali Heris | Xi'an University of Science and Technology | China | Research Excellence Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Niroj Kumar | Mohalik | CSIR-CIMFR Dhanbad | India | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |