diff --git a/ApplicationCode/ReservoirDataModel/RigEclipseNativeStatCalc.cpp b/ApplicationCode/ReservoirDataModel/RigEclipseNativeStatCalc.cpp
index a152114abf..1a0c0a1665 100644
--- a/ApplicationCode/ReservoirDataModel/RigEclipseNativeStatCalc.cpp
+++ b/ApplicationCode/ReservoirDataModel/RigEclipseNativeStatCalc.cpp
@@ -70,27 +70,9 @@ void RigEclipseNativeStatCalc::posNegClosestToZero(size_t timeStepIndex, double&
 {
     std::vector<double>& values = m_resultsData->cellScalarResults(m_scalarResultIndex, timeStepIndex);
 
-    size_t i;
-    for (i = 0; i < values.size(); i++)
-    {
-        if (values[i] == HUGE_VAL)
-        {
-            continue;
-        }
-
-        if (values[i] < pos && values[i] > 0)
-        {
-            pos = values[i];
-        }
-
-        if (values[i] > neg && values[i] < 0)
-        {
-            neg = values[i];
-        }
-    }
+    RigStatisticsCalculator::posNegClosestToZero(values, pos, neg);
 }
 
-
 //--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 /// 
 //--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -101,8 +83,6 @@ void RigEclipseNativeStatCalc::addDataToHistogramCalculator(size_t timeStepIndex
     histogramCalculator.addData(values);
 }
 
-
-
 //--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 /// 
 //--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/ApplicationCode/ResultStatisticsCache/RigStatisticsCalculator.cpp b/ApplicationCode/ResultStatisticsCache/RigStatisticsCalculator.cpp
index 80270f146d..b02b942cb5 100644
--- a/ApplicationCode/ResultStatisticsCache/RigStatisticsCalculator.cpp
+++ b/ApplicationCode/ResultStatisticsCache/RigStatisticsCalculator.cpp
@@ -87,3 +87,28 @@ void RigStatisticsCalculator::addDataToHistogramCalculator(RigHistogramCalculato
     }
 }
 
+//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+/// 
+//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+void RigStatisticsCalculator::posNegClosestToZero(const std::vector<double>& values, double& pos, double& neg)
+{
+    size_t i;
+    for (i = 0; i < values.size(); i++)
+    {
+        if (values[i] == HUGE_VAL)
+        {
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        if (values[i] < pos && values[i] > 0)
+        {
+            pos = values[i];
+        }
+
+        if (values[i] > neg && values[i] < 0)
+        {
+            neg = values[i];
+        }
+    }
+}
+
diff --git a/ApplicationCode/ResultStatisticsCache/RigStatisticsCalculator.h b/ApplicationCode/ResultStatisticsCache/RigStatisticsCalculator.h
index d3ab541e54..2ddfd404eb 100644
--- a/ApplicationCode/ResultStatisticsCache/RigStatisticsCalculator.h
+++ b/ApplicationCode/ResultStatisticsCache/RigStatisticsCalculator.h
@@ -46,4 +46,6 @@ public:
     virtual void    addDataToHistogramCalculator(size_t timeStepIndex, RigHistogramCalculator& histogramCalculator) = 0;
 
     virtual size_t  timeStepCount() = 0;
+
+    static void posNegClosestToZero(const std::vector<double>& values, double& pos, double& neg);
 };