diff --git a/opm/parser/eclipse/EclipseState/Schedule/Schedule.cpp b/opm/parser/eclipse/EclipseState/Schedule/Schedule.cpp
index 8312864f1..c9faadee1 100644
--- a/opm/parser/eclipse/EclipseState/Schedule/Schedule.cpp
+++ b/opm/parser/eclipse/EclipseState/Schedule/Schedule.cpp
@@ -537,6 +537,12 @@ namespace Opm {
         return m_wells.size();
     }
 
+    size_t Schedule::numWells(size_t timestep) const {
+      std::vector<WellConstPtr> wells = getWells(timestep);
+      return wells.size();
+    }
+
+
     bool Schedule::hasWell(const std::string& wellName) const {
         return m_wells.hasKey( wellName );
     }
@@ -663,4 +669,19 @@ namespace Opm {
         }
         else throw std::invalid_argument("String " + eclipseString + " not recognized as a boolean-convertible string.");
     }
+
+
+    size_t Schedule::getMaxNumCompletionsForWells(size_t timestep) const {
+      size_t ncwmax = 0;
+      const std::vector<WellConstPtr>& wells = getWells();
+      for (auto wellIter=wells.begin(); wellIter != wells.end(); ++wellIter) {
+        WellConstPtr wellPtr = *wellIter;
+        CompletionSetConstPtr completionsSetPtr = wellPtr->getCompletions(timestep);
+
+        if (completionsSetPtr->size() > ncwmax )
+          ncwmax = completionsSetPtr->size();
+
+      }
+      return ncwmax;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/opm/parser/eclipse/EclipseState/Schedule/Schedule.hpp b/opm/parser/eclipse/EclipseState/Schedule/Schedule.hpp
index a7fc3c7ca..17c899fe3 100644
--- a/opm/parser/eclipse/EclipseState/Schedule/Schedule.hpp
+++ b/opm/parser/eclipse/EclipseState/Schedule/Schedule.hpp
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ namespace Opm
         TimeMapConstPtr getTimeMap() const;
 
         size_t numWells() const;
+        size_t numWells(size_t timestep) const;
+        size_t getMaxNumCompletionsForWells(size_t timestep) const;
         bool hasWell(const std::string& wellName) const;
         WellPtr getWell(const std::string& wellName) const;
         std::vector<WellConstPtr> getWells() const;
@@ -56,6 +58,7 @@ namespace Opm
         size_t numGroups() const;
         bool hasGroup(const std::string& groupName) const;
         GroupPtr getGroup(const std::string& groupName) const;
+
   
     private:
         TimeMapPtr m_timeMap;
diff --git a/opm/parser/eclipse/EclipseState/Schedule/tests/ScheduleTests.cpp b/opm/parser/eclipse/EclipseState/Schedule/tests/ScheduleTests.cpp
index f2aa48799..a442775e4 100644
--- a/opm/parser/eclipse/EclipseState/Schedule/tests/ScheduleTests.cpp
+++ b/opm/parser/eclipse/EclipseState/Schedule/tests/ScheduleTests.cpp
@@ -85,6 +85,43 @@ static DeckPtr createDeckWithWellsOrdered() {
     return parser.parseString(input);
 }
 
+
+static DeckPtr createDeckWithWellsAndCompletionData() {
+    Opm::Parser parser;
+    std::string input =
+      "START             -- 0 \n"
+      "1 NOV 1979 / \n"
+      "SCHEDULE\n"
+      "DATES             -- 1\n"
+      " 1 DES 1979/ \n"
+      "/\n"
+      "WELSPECS\n"
+      "    \'OP_1\'       \'OP'\   9   9 1*     \'OIL\' 1*      1*  1*   1*  1*   1*  1*  / \n"
+      "    \'OP_2\'       \'OP'\   8   8 1*     \'OIL\' 1*      1*  1*   1*  1*   1*  1*  / \n"
+      "    \'OP_3\'       \'OP'\   7   7 1*     \'OIL\' 1*      1*  1*   1*  1*   1*  1*  / \n"
+      "/\n"
+      "COMPDAT\n"
+      " \'OP_1\'  9  9   1   1 \'OPEN\' 1*   32.948   0.311  3047.839 1*  1*  \'X\'  22.100 / \n"
+      " \'OP_1\'  9  9   2   2 \'OPEN\' 1*   46.825   0.311  4332.346 1*  1*  \'X\'  22.123 / \n"
+      " \'OP_2\'  8  8   1   3 \'OPEN\' 1*    1.168   0.311   107.872 1*  1*  \'Y\'  21.925 / \n"
+      " \'OP_2\'  8  7   3   3 \'OPEN\' 1*   15.071   0.311  1391.859 1*  1*  \'Y\'  21.920 / \n"
+      " \'OP_2\'  8  7   3   6 \'OPEN\' 1*    6.242   0.311   576.458 1*  1*  \'Y\'  21.915 / \n"
+      " \'OP_3\'  7  7   1   1 \'OPEN\' 1*   27.412   0.311  2445.337 1*  1*  \'Y\'  18.521 / \n"
+      " \'OP_3\'  7  7   2   2 \'OPEN\' 1*   55.195   0.311  4923.842 1*  1*  \'Y\'  18.524 / \n"
+      "/\n"
+      "DATES             -- 2,3\n"
+      " 10  JUL 2007 / \n"
+      " 10  AUG 2007 / \n"
+      "/\n"
+      "COMPDAT\n"
+      " \'OP_1\'  9  9   3  9 \'OPEN\' 1*   32.948   0.311  3047.839 1*  1*  \'X\'  22.100 / \n"
+      "/\n";
+
+
+    return parser.parseString(input);
+}
+
+
 BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(CreateScheduleDeckMissingReturnsDefaults) {
     DeckPtr deck(new Deck());
     DeckKeywordPtr keyword(new DeckKeyword("SCHEDULE"));
@@ -215,3 +252,22 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(WellsIteratorWithRegex_HasWells_WellsReturned) {
     BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(1U, wells.size());
 }
 
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(ReturnNumWellsTimestep) {
+    DeckPtr deck = createDeckWithWells();
+    Schedule schedule(deck);
+
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(schedule.numWells(0), 1);
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(schedule.numWells(1), 1);
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(schedule.numWells(2), 1);
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(schedule.numWells(3), 3);
+}
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(ReturnMaxNumCompletionsForWellsInTimestep) {
+    DeckPtr deck = createDeckWithWellsAndCompletionData();
+    Schedule schedule(deck);
+
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(schedule.getMaxNumCompletionsForWells(1), 7);
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(schedule.getMaxNumCompletionsForWells(3), 9);
+}
+
+