| Dr | Satyen Kumar | Das | Indian Oil Corporation Limited, R&D Centre | India | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | jingfeng | Dong | Northeast Forestry University | China | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Bashirul | Haq | King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals | Saudi Arabia | Sustainable Energy Practices in Petroleum Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Jianming | Zhang | Ocean University of China | China | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | J.Arunprasad | | Mechanical, Industrial and Aeronautical Engineering/University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. | South Africa | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Wei | Wang | Nanyang Normal University | China | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Valentina | Grebenshchikova | Institute of Geochemistry, SB RAS | Russia | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Silvia | Gramolelli | Åbo Akademi | Finland | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Zhitao | Hao | Inner Mongolia University of Science and Technology | China | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Cristiano | Fick | Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |