| Dr | Avishkar | Bhoskar | Asian Lab Grown Diamonds | India | Best Researcher 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 |
| Dr | Gabriel | Omolaiye | University of Ilorin | Nigeria | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Prof. Dr | Tingshan | Zhang | SW Petroleum Univ. | China | Best Academic Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Sameer | Arora | National Institute of Urban Affairs | India | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Simon | Yunes | Micromeritics | United States | Best Academic Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Łukasz | Warguła | Poznań University of Technology | Poland | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Ivan | Gajdoš | Technical University of Košice | Slovakia | Best Research Article Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Chigozie | Uzoh | Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka | Nigeria | Best Academic Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Reiko | Kiyonami | Thermo Fisher Scientific | United States | Best Industrial Research 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 |
| Mr | Samy | K. Moawad | Ain Shams University | Egypt | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Taiba | Kouser | King Fahd University of Petrolium and Minerals Dhahran | Saudi Arabia | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Tahir Cetin | AKINCI | University of California Riverside | United States | Best Research Article Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Prof. Dr | Yuxin | Zhao | CNPC Tubular Goods Research Institute (TGRI) | China | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Assist. Prof. Dr | Reza | Zabihi | Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman | Iran | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Mr | Jean Marie Stevy | SAMA | Université de Douala Cameroun | Cameroon | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Mr | Fei | Huo | southwest petroleum university | China | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Jingye | Liu | School of Management, China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing) | China | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |