diff --git a/ApplicationCode/Application/Tools/RiaTextStringTools.cpp b/ApplicationCode/Application/Tools/RiaTextStringTools.cpp
index 2f3992b35d..1e4d56fc84 100644
--- a/ApplicationCode/Application/Tools/RiaTextStringTools.cpp
+++ b/ApplicationCode/Application/Tools/RiaTextStringTools.cpp
@@ -39,3 +39,20 @@ bool RiaTextStringTools::compare(const QString& expected, const QString& actual)
     return false;
 }
 
+//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+/// 
+//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+QString RiaTextStringTools::trimAndRemoveDoubleSpaces(const QString& s)
+{
+    int length;
+    QString trimmed = s.trimmed();
+
+    do 
+    {
+        length = trimmed.size();
+        trimmed = trimmed.replace("  ", " ");
+    } while (trimmed.size() < length);
+    
+    return trimmed;
+}
+
diff --git a/ApplicationCode/Application/Tools/RiaTextStringTools.h b/ApplicationCode/Application/Tools/RiaTextStringTools.h
index ee915087f2..e287dc3cf0 100644
--- a/ApplicationCode/Application/Tools/RiaTextStringTools.h
+++ b/ApplicationCode/Application/Tools/RiaTextStringTools.h
@@ -25,5 +25,6 @@ class QString;
 //--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 namespace RiaTextStringTools
 {
-bool compare(const QString& expected, const QString& actual);
+bool        compare(const QString& expected, const QString& actual);
+QString     trimAndRemoveDoubleSpaces(const QString& s);
 }
diff --git a/ApplicationCode/FileInterface/RifCsvUserDataParser.cpp b/ApplicationCode/FileInterface/RifCsvUserDataParser.cpp
index 4b8f283620..5900849a8a 100644
--- a/ApplicationCode/FileInterface/RifCsvUserDataParser.cpp
+++ b/ApplicationCode/FileInterface/RifCsvUserDataParser.cpp
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include "RiaDateStringParser.h"
 #include "RiaLogging.h"
 #include "RiaStdStringTools.h"
+#include "RiaTextStringTools.h"
 #include "RiaQDateTimeTools.h"
 
 #include "../Commands/SummaryPlotCommands/RicPasteAsciiDataToSummaryPlotFeatureUi.h"
@@ -194,7 +195,7 @@ bool RifCsvUserDataParser::parseColumnInfo(QTextStream* dataStream, const AsciiD
 
         for (int iCol = 0; iCol < colCount; iCol++)
         {
-            QString colName = lineColumns[iCol];
+            QString colName = RiaTextStringTools::trimAndRemoveDoubleSpaces(lineColumns[iCol]);
             RifEclipseSummaryAddress addr = RifEclipseSummaryAddress::importedAddress(colName.toStdString());
             Column col = Column::createColumnInfoFromCsvData(addr, "");