diff --git a/opm/parser/eclipse/EclipseState/Schedule/Action/ActionResult.hpp b/opm/parser/eclipse/EclipseState/Schedule/Action/ActionResult.hpp
index 46dba3e35..1f60ef7b4 100644
--- a/opm/parser/eclipse/EclipseState/Schedule/Action/ActionResult.hpp
+++ b/opm/parser/eclipse/EclipseState/Schedule/Action/ActionResult.hpp
@@ -91,10 +91,11 @@ public:
     explicit Result(bool result_arg);
     Result(bool result_arg, const std::vector<std::string>& wells);
     Result(bool result_arg, const WellSet& wells);
+    Result(const Result& src);
 
     explicit operator bool() const;
     std::vector<std::string> wells() const;
-
+    bool has_well(const std::string& well);
     void add_well(const std::string& well);
 
     Result& operator|=(const Result& other);
@@ -102,6 +103,12 @@ public:
 private:
     void assign(bool value);
     bool result;
+    /*
+      The set of matching wells is implemented with pointer semantics to be able
+      to differentiate between an empty set of wells - like all the wells with
+      WWCT > 1, and a result set which does not have well information at all -
+      e.g. FOPR > 0.
+    */
     std::unique_ptr<WellSet> matching_wells;
 };
 
diff --git a/src/opm/parser/eclipse/EclipseState/Schedule/Action/ActionResult.cpp b/src/opm/parser/eclipse/EclipseState/Schedule/Action/ActionResult.cpp
index 664c2b856..202c6a2f4 100644
--- a/src/opm/parser/eclipse/EclipseState/Schedule/Action/ActionResult.cpp
+++ b/src/opm/parser/eclipse/EclipseState/Schedule/Action/ActionResult.cpp
@@ -40,6 +40,13 @@ Result::Result(bool result_arg, const WellSet& wells) :
     this->matching_wells.reset( new WellSet(wells) );
 }
 
+Result::Result(const Result& src)
+{
+    this->result = src.result;
+    if (src.matching_wells)
+        this->matching_wells.reset( new WellSet(*src.matching_wells) );
+}
+
 
 Result::operator bool() const {
     return this->result;
@@ -87,6 +94,13 @@ void Result::add_well(const std::string& well) {
     this->matching_wells->add(well);
 }
 
+bool Result::has_well(const std::string& well) {
+    if (!this->matching_wells)
+        return false;
+
+    return this->matching_wells->contains(well);
+}
+
 /******************************************************************/
 
 WellSet::WellSet(const std::vector<std::string>& wells)
diff --git a/tests/parser/ACTIONX.cpp b/tests/parser/ACTIONX.cpp
index 587814588..f909a7128 100644
--- a/tests/parser/ACTIONX.cpp
+++ b/tests/parser/ACTIONX.cpp
@@ -754,3 +754,30 @@ TSTEP
 }
 
 
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(ACTIONRESULT_COPY_EMPTY) {
+    Action::Result res1(false);
+    auto res2 = res1;
+
+    BOOST_CHECK(!res1);
+    BOOST_CHECK(!res2);
+    BOOST_CHECK(res1.wells() == std::vector<std::string>());
+    BOOST_CHECK(res2.wells() == std::vector<std::string>());
+
+    BOOST_CHECK(!res1.has_well("NO"));
+    BOOST_CHECK(!res2.has_well("NO"));
+}
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(ACTIONRESULT_COPY_WELLS) {
+    Action::Result res1(true, {"W1", "W2", "W3"});
+    auto res2 = res1;
+
+    BOOST_CHECK(res1);
+    BOOST_CHECK(res2);
+    BOOST_CHECK(!res1.has_well("NO"));
+    BOOST_CHECK(!res2.has_well("NO"));
+    for (const auto& w : {"W1", "W2", "W3"}) {
+        BOOST_CHECK(res1.has_well(w));
+        BOOST_CHECK(res2.has_well(w));
+    }
+}