| Dr | Jean-Yves Desire | Chatellier | Tecto Sedi Integrated inc. | Canada | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Jiale | Pu | China University of Petroleum(Beijing)) | China | Excellence in Research Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Jialing | Zou | Southwest Petroleum University | China | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Mr | Jianchun | Xu | China University of Petroleum (East China) | China | Best Unconventional Resource Development Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Jianming | Zhang | Ocean University of China | China | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | Jinfa | Zhang | China University of Petroleum (Beijing) | China | Research Excellence Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Dr | jingfeng | Dong | Northeast Forestry 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 |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Jinyou | DAI | China University of Petroleum, Beijing | China | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Mr | Jinyuan | Zhang | Xi’an Shiyou University | China | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Prof | José M. | Franco | Universidad de Huelva | Spain | Best Research Article Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Prof | Juan | Soto | University of Granada | Spain | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Assist. Prof. Dr | Julia | Shamshina | Texas Tech University | United States | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Jun | Cai | Yangtze University | China | Excellence in Research | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Kaituo | Jiao | Yangtze University | China | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Karol | Kyzioł | AGH University of Krakow | Poland | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Ms | Kátia Sofia | D. S. Gomes | RWTH Aachen Univeristy | Germany | 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 |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Łukasz | Warguła | Poznań University of Technology | Poland | Best Researcher Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |
| Mr | Markku | Kinnunen | Aalto University | Finland | Research Excellence Award | Awardee | petroleumengineering.org |