diff --git a/ApplicationCode/Application/Tools/CMakeLists_files.cmake b/ApplicationCode/Application/Tools/CMakeLists_files.cmake
index a1f686a108..5d1de192dc 100644
--- a/ApplicationCode/Application/Tools/CMakeLists_files.cmake
+++ b/ApplicationCode/Application/Tools/CMakeLists_files.cmake
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ ${CEE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}RiaImportEclipseCaseTools.h
 ${CEE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}RiaQDateTimeTools.h
 ${CEE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}RiaSummaryTools.h
 ${CEE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}RiaWellNameComparer.h
+${CEE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}RiaStdStringTools.h
 )
 
 set (SOURCE_GROUP_SOURCE_FILES
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ ${CEE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}RiaImportEclipseCaseTools.cpp
 ${CEE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}RiaQDateTimeTools.cpp
 ${CEE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}RiaSummaryTools.cpp
 ${CEE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}RiaWellNameComparer.cpp
+${CEE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}RiaStdStringTools.cpp
 )
 
 list(APPEND CODE_HEADER_FILES
diff --git a/ApplicationCode/Application/Tools/RiaStdStringTools.cpp b/ApplicationCode/Application/Tools/RiaStdStringTools.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ad15cbd75e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ApplicationCode/Application/Tools/RiaStdStringTools.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+//
+//  Copyright (C) 2017     Statoil ASA
+// 
+//  ResInsight is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+//  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+//  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+//  (at your option) any later version.
+// 
+//  ResInsight is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
+//  WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+//  FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+// 
+//  See the GNU General Public License at <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html> 
+//  for more details.
+//
+/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+#include "RiaStdStringTools.h"
+
+//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+/// 
+//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+std::string RiaStdStringTools::trimString(const std::string& s)
+{
+    auto sCopy = s.substr(0, s.find_last_not_of(' ') + 1);
+    sCopy = sCopy.substr(sCopy.find_first_not_of(' '));
+
+    return sCopy;
+}
diff --git a/ApplicationCode/Application/Tools/RiaStdStringTools.h b/ApplicationCode/Application/Tools/RiaStdStringTools.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..12c1daa1ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ApplicationCode/Application/Tools/RiaStdStringTools.h
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+//
+//  Copyright (C) 2017     Statoil ASA
+// 
+//  ResInsight is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+//  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+//  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+//  (at your option) any later version.
+// 
+//  ResInsight is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
+//  WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+//  FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+// 
+//  See the GNU General Public License at <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html> 
+//  for more details.
+//
+/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <string>
+
+//==================================================================================================
+//
+//==================================================================================================
+class RiaStdStringTools
+{
+public:
+    static std::string trimString(const std::string& s);
+};
+