diff --git a/ApplicationLibCode/Application/RiaResultNames.cpp b/ApplicationLibCode/Application/RiaResultNames.cpp
index 19f326073f..0d44f2c3ed 100644
--- a/ApplicationLibCode/Application/RiaResultNames.cpp
+++ b/ApplicationLibCode/Application/RiaResultNames.cpp
@@ -71,6 +71,19 @@ bool RiaResultNames::isPerCellFaceResult( const QString& resultName )
     return false;
 }
 
+//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+///
+//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+bool RiaResultNames::isLogarithmicResult( const QString& resultName )
+{
+    QStringList subStringsToMatch{ "TRAN", "MULT", "PERM" };
+
+    for ( const auto& s : subStringsToMatch )
+        if ( resultName.contains( s, Qt::CaseInsensitive ) ) return true;
+
+    return false;
+}
+
 //--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ///
 //--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/ApplicationLibCode/Application/RiaResultNames.h b/ApplicationLibCode/Application/RiaResultNames.h
index eb3e3edbee..f0b32033df 100644
--- a/ApplicationLibCode/Application/RiaResultNames.h
+++ b/ApplicationLibCode/Application/RiaResultNames.h
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 namespace RiaResultNames
 {
 bool isPerCellFaceResult( const QString& resultName );
+bool isLogarithmicResult( const QString& resultName );
 
 QString undefinedResultName();
 QString undefinedGridFaultName();
diff --git a/ApplicationLibCode/ProjectDataModel/RimEclipseCellColors.cpp b/ApplicationLibCode/ProjectDataModel/RimEclipseCellColors.cpp
index fecad87c71..d35c76ad49 100644
--- a/ApplicationLibCode/ProjectDataModel/RimEclipseCellColors.cpp
+++ b/ApplicationLibCode/ProjectDataModel/RimEclipseCellColors.cpp
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 
 #include "RimEclipseCellColors.h"
 
+#include "RiaResultNames.h"
+
 #include "RicfCommandObject.h"
 #include "RigCaseCellResultsData.h"
 #include "RigEclipseCaseData.h"
@@ -184,19 +186,7 @@ RimRegularLegendConfig* RimEclipseCellColors::createLegendForResult( const QStri
                                                                      bool           useDiscreteLogLevels,
                                                                      bool           isCategoryResult )
 {
-    bool useLog = false;
-    {
-        QStringList subStringsToMatch{ "TRAN", "MULT", "PERM" };
-
-        for ( const auto& s : subStringsToMatch )
-        {
-            if ( resultName.contains( s, Qt::CaseInsensitive ) )
-            {
-                useLog = true;
-                break;
-            }
-        }
-    }
+    bool useLog = RiaResultNames::isLogarithmicResult( resultName );
 
     RimRegularLegendConfig::ColorRangesType colorRangeType = RimRegularLegendConfig::ColorRangesType::UNDEFINED;
     if ( isCategoryResult )
diff --git a/ApplicationLibCode/ProjectDataModel/WellLog/RimEnsembleWellLogCurveSet.cpp b/ApplicationLibCode/ProjectDataModel/WellLog/RimEnsembleWellLogCurveSet.cpp
index da080f5d5b..01c3cc70a1 100644
--- a/ApplicationLibCode/ProjectDataModel/WellLog/RimEnsembleWellLogCurveSet.cpp
+++ b/ApplicationLibCode/ProjectDataModel/WellLog/RimEnsembleWellLogCurveSet.cpp
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include "RiaColorTools.h"
 #include "RiaLogging.h"
 #include "RiaOptionItemFactory.h"
+#include "RiaResultNames.h"
 
 #include "RimEnsembleCurveFilter.h"
 #include "RimEnsembleCurveFilterCollection.h"
@@ -831,7 +832,7 @@ void RimEnsembleWellLogCurveSet::updateEnsembleCurves( const std::vector<RimWell
 //--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 void RimEnsembleWellLogCurveSet::setLogScaleFromSelectedResult( const QString resVar )
 {
-    if ( resVar.toUpper().contains( "PERM" ) )
+    if ( RiaResultNames::isLogarithmicResult( resVar ) )
     {
         RimWellLogTrack* track = nullptr;
         this->firstAncestorOrThisOfType( track );
diff --git a/ApplicationLibCode/ProjectDataModel/WellLog/RimWellLogExtractionCurve.cpp b/ApplicationLibCode/ProjectDataModel/WellLog/RimWellLogExtractionCurve.cpp
index 9e043dd2c5..d8884a501d 100644
--- a/ApplicationLibCode/ProjectDataModel/WellLog/RimWellLogExtractionCurve.cpp
+++ b/ApplicationLibCode/ProjectDataModel/WellLog/RimWellLogExtractionCurve.cpp
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 
 #include "RiaColorTables.h"
 #include "RiaLogging.h"
+#include "RiaResultNames.h"
 #include "RiaSimWellBranchTools.h"
 
 #include "RiaWellLogUnitTools.h"
@@ -829,18 +830,11 @@ void RimWellLogExtractionCurve::defineUiTreeOrdering( caf::PdmUiTreeOrdering& ui
 void RimWellLogExtractionCurve::setLogScaleFromSelectedResult()
 {
     QString resVar = m_eclipseResultDefinition->resultVariable();
-
-    if ( resVar.toUpper().contains( "PERM" ) )
+    if ( RiaResultNames::isLogarithmicResult( resVar ) )
     {
         RimWellLogTrack* track = nullptr;
         this->firstAncestorOrThisOfType( track );
-        if ( track )
-        {
-            if ( track->curveCount() == 1 )
-            {
-                track->setLogarithmicScale( true );
-            }
-        }
+        if ( track && track->curveCount() == 1 ) track->setLogarithmicScale( true );
     }
 }