| Prof | Anurag | Tewari | Saraswati Higher Education and Technical College of Engineering, Varanasi | India | Best Academic Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Ms | Wu | Zhineng | Hebei University of Technology | China | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Ms | Kátia Sofia | D. S. Gomes | RWTH Aachen Univeristy | Germany | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Ms | 纯娜 | 冯 | 云南北方光电仪器有限公司 | China | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Ms | Lin | Chen | State Key Laboratory of Solid Lubrication, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences | China | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Mrs | Bei | Gao | Schlumberger | China | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Mrs | Vanessa | Torres Ramos | Ecopetrol | Colombia | Excellence in Research Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Mr | Nega | Belay | Bahir Dar Institute of Technology, Bahir Dar University | Ethiopia | Best Research in Petroleum Engineering Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Mr | Bawoke Mekuye | Getnet | Mekdela Amba University | Ethiopia | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Mr | Christopher | Mkono | China university of Geosciences (Wuhan) | China | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |