diff --git a/opm/parser/eclipse/IntegrationTests/CMakeLists.txt b/opm/parser/eclipse/IntegrationTests/CMakeLists.txt
index a50ca5b71..a9cd825a2 100644
--- a/opm/parser/eclipse/IntegrationTests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/opm/parser/eclipse/IntegrationTests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ target_link_libraries(runIntegrationTests Parser ${Boost_LIBRARIES})
 add_test(NAME runIntegrationTests WORKING_DIRECTORY ${EXECUTABLE_OUTPUT_PATH} COMMAND runIntegrationTests)
 set_property(SOURCE IntegrationTests.cpp PROPERTY COMPILE_FLAGS "-Wno-error")
 
+add_executable(runParseWCONHIST ParseWCONHIST.cpp)
+target_link_libraries(runParseWCONHIST Parser ${Boost_LIBRARIES})
+add_test(NAME runParseWCONHIST WORKING_DIRECTORY ${EXECUTABLE_OUTPUT_PATH} COMMAND runParseWCONHIST)
+
 add_executable(runIntegrationTestsInternalData IntegrationTestsInternalData.cpp)
 target_link_libraries(runIntegrationTestsInternalData Parser ${Boost_LIBRARIES})
 add_test(NAME runIntegrationTestsInternalData WORKING_DIRECTORY ${EXECUTABLE_OUTPUT_PATH} COMMAND ${EXECUTABLE_OUTPUT_PATH}/runIntegrationTestsInternalData )
diff --git a/opm/parser/eclipse/IntegrationTests/ParseWCONHIST.cpp b/opm/parser/eclipse/IntegrationTests/ParseWCONHIST.cpp
index 82de921c5..633937535 100644
--- a/opm/parser/eclipse/IntegrationTests/ParseWCONHIST.cpp
+++ b/opm/parser/eclipse/IntegrationTests/ParseWCONHIST.cpp
@@ -36,4 +36,23 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE( parse_WCHONHIST_OK ) {
     ParserPtr parser(new Parser(JSON_CONFIG_FILE));
     boost::filesystem::path wconhistFile("testdata/WCONHIST/WCONHIST1");
     DeckPtr deck = parser->parse(wconhistFile.string());
+    DeckKeywordConstPtr kw1 = deck->getKeyword("WCONHIST");
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL( 3U , kw1->size() );
+
+
+    DeckRecordConstPtr rec1 = kw1->getRecord(0);
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL( 11U , rec1->size() );
+
+    DeckRecordConstPtr rec3 = kw1->getRecord(2);
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL( 11U , rec3->size() );
+
+    DeckItemConstPtr item1       = rec1->getItem("WellName");
+    DeckItemConstPtr item1_index = rec1->getItem(0);
+    
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL( item1  , item1_index );
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL( "OP_1" , item1->getString(0));
+
+
+    item1 = rec3->getItem("WellName");
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL( "OP_3" , item1->getString(0));
 }
diff --git a/opm/parser/share/parser_config.json b/opm/parser/share/parser_config.json
index 28ab769e0..3667c8891 100644
--- a/opm/parser/share/parser_config.json
+++ b/opm/parser/share/parser_config.json
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
       {"name" : "Lift"        , "size_type" : "SINGLE" , "value_type" : "FLOAT" , "default" : 0.0 , "comment":"The default is a state variable"},
       {"name" : "THP"         , "size_type" : "SINGLE" , "value_type" : "FLOAT" , "default" : 0.0},
       {"name" : "BHP"         , "size_type" : "SINGLE" , "value_type" : "FLOAT" , "default" : 0.0},
-      {"name" : "WGRAT"       , "size_type" : "SINGLE" , "value_type" : "FLOAT" , "default" : 0.0},
       {"name" : "NGLRAT"       , "size_type" : "SINGLE" , "value_type" : "FLOAT" , "default" : 0.0}]},
 {"name" : "START", "size" : 1},        
 {"name" : "GRIDOPTS", "size" : 1},        
diff --git a/testdata/WCONHIST/WCONHIST1 b/testdata/WCONHIST/WCONHIST1
index cec6e6f29..e6ee8881f 100644
--- a/testdata/WCONHIST/WCONHIST1
+++ b/testdata/WCONHIST/WCONHIST1
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 WCONHIST 
      'OP_1'      'OPEN'      'ORAT'   4000.000      4.000 1.46402E+006  5* /
-     'OP_2'      'OPEN'      'ORAT'   7998.000      2.000 1461075.000  5* /
-     'OP_3'      'OPEN'      'ORAT'   7999.000      1.000 1471824.000  5* /
+     'OP_2'      'OPEN'      'ORAT'   7998.000      2.000 1461075.000   5* /
+     'OP_3'      'OPEN'      'ORAT'   7999.000      1.000 1471824.000   1   0.25 0.25 0.25 1* /
 /