| Dr | Denis | Nsubuga | Makerere University | Uganda | Research Excellence Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Obakeng | Nchoe | WITS University | South Africa | Best Review Paper Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Ines | Belgacem | Imam Mohammad ibn Saud Islamic University | Tunisia | Best Research Article Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Qifei | Huang | CNOOC Research Institute Ltd. | China | Women Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Chunxu | Qin | Inner Mongolia University of Technology | China | Research Excellence Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Mr | Oluwaseun | Duntoye | Seoul National University of Science and Technology | South Korea | Research Excellence Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Peng | Du | Liaoning Academy of Materials | China | Research Excellence Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Chouhaïd | Souissi | Faculty of Sciences of Sfax | Tunisia | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Philippe | Onguene Mvogo | The University of Ngaoundere/School of Chemical Engineering and Mineral Industries | Cameroon | Best Academic Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Prof | Dieqing | Zhang | Shanghai Normal University | China | Research Excellence Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| 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 |