| Assist. Prof. Dr | Rahim | Zahedi | University of Tehran | Iran | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Sina | Sayardoost Tabrizi | University of Tehran | Iran | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Mr | Behnam | Rezvani | University of Tehran | Iran | Best Academic Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Seyed | Ghiaasiaan | University of Texas Permian Basin | United States | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Tendai | Makoni | University of the Free State | South Africa | Research Excellence Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Huayu | Long | university of Tianjin | China | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Prof. Dr | Jari | Kaivo-oja | University of Turku | Finland | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Prof | Xiao-Ping | Chen | University of Washington | United States | Best Academic Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Binyam | Teferi | Wachemo University | Ethiopia | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Prof. Dr | Alian | Wang | Washington University in St. Louis | United States | Best Academic Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Myriam | SAID | Wastewater and Environment Laboratory, Water Research and Technologies Center of Borj-Cedria | Tunisia | Best Academic Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Obakeng | Nchoe | WITS University | South Africa | Best Review Paper Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Prof | Saeed | Zeinali Heris | Xi'an University of Science and Technology | China | Research Excellence Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Prof | Xiaojun | Tang | Xi’an Jiaotong University | China | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Mr | Jinyuan | Zhang | Xi’an Shiyou University | China | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Mingyong | Tang | Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden | China | Research Excellence Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Xiaohui | Ren | Yancheng Institute of technology | China | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Kaituo | Jiao | Yangtze University | China | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Jun | Cai | Yangtze University | China | Excellence in Research | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Wente | Niu | Yanshan University | China | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |