diff --git a/ebos/eclbasevanguard.hh b/ebos/eclbasevanguard.hh
index 37c9bba04..6356399e2 100644
--- a/ebos/eclbasevanguard.hh
+++ b/ebos/eclbasevanguard.hh
@@ -416,6 +416,16 @@ public:
         int outputInterval = EWOMS_GET_PARAM(TypeTag, int, EclOutputInterval);
         if (outputInterval >= 0)
             schedule().restart().overrideRestartWriteInterval(outputInterval);
+
+        // Initialize parallelWells with all local wells
+        const auto& schedule_wells = schedule().getWellsatEnd();
+        parallelWells_.reserve(schedule_wells.size());
+
+        for (const auto& well: schedule_wells)
+        {
+            parallelWells_.emplace_back(well.name(), true);
+        }
+        std::sort(parallelWells_.begin(), parallelWells_.end());
     }
 
     /*!
diff --git a/opm/simulators/wells/BlackoilWellModel.hpp b/opm/simulators/wells/BlackoilWellModel.hpp
index 1dab893fb..b28cdc371 100644
--- a/opm/simulators/wells/BlackoilWellModel.hpp
+++ b/opm/simulators/wells/BlackoilWellModel.hpp
@@ -280,6 +280,7 @@ namespace Opm {
             std::vector< WellProdIndexCalculator > prod_index_calc_;
 
             std::vector< ParallelWellInfo > parallel_well_info_;
+            std::vector< ParallelWellInfo* > local_parallel_well_info_;
 
             bool wells_active_;
 
@@ -360,7 +361,7 @@ namespace Opm {
             /// \param timeStepIdx The index of the time step.
             /// \param[out] globalNumWells the number of wells globally.
             std::vector< Well > getLocalNonshutWells(const int timeStepIdx,
-                                                     int& globalNumWells) const;
+                                                     int& globalNumWells);
 
             // compute the well fluxes and assemble them in to the reservoir equations as source terms
             // and in the well equations.
diff --git a/opm/simulators/wells/BlackoilWellModel_impl.hpp b/opm/simulators/wells/BlackoilWellModel_impl.hpp
index 0920a478d..7d82c690a 100644
--- a/opm/simulators/wells/BlackoilWellModel_impl.hpp
+++ b/opm/simulators/wells/BlackoilWellModel_impl.hpp
@@ -217,11 +217,23 @@ namespace Opm {
     template<typename TypeTag>
     std::vector< Well >
     BlackoilWellModel<TypeTag>::
-    getLocalNonshutWells(const int timeStepIdx, int& globalNumWells) const
+    getLocalNonshutWells(const int timeStepIdx, int& globalNumWells)
     {
         auto w = schedule().getWells(timeStepIdx);
         globalNumWells = w.size();
         w.erase(std::remove_if(w.begin(), w.end(), is_shut_or_defunct_), w.end());
+        local_parallel_well_info_.clear();
+        local_parallel_well_info_.reserve(w.size());
+        for (const auto& well : w)
+        {
+            auto wellPair = std::make_pair(well.name(), true);
+            auto pwell = std::lower_bound(parallel_well_info_.begin(),
+                                          parallel_well_info_.end(),
+                                          wellPair);
+            assert(pwell != parallel_well_info_.end() &&
+                   *pwell == wellPair);
+            local_parallel_well_info_.push_back(&(*pwell));
+        }
         return w;
     }
 
@@ -802,6 +814,7 @@ namespace Opm {
         const auto& perf_data = this->well_perf_data_[wellID];
 
         return std::make_unique<WellType>(this->wells_ecl_[wellID],
+                                          *local_parallel_well_info_[wellID],
                                           time_step,
                                           this->param_,
                                           *this->rateConverter_,
diff --git a/opm/simulators/wells/MultisegmentWell.hpp b/opm/simulators/wells/MultisegmentWell.hpp
index 280f91dd8..cabefd73d 100644
--- a/opm/simulators/wells/MultisegmentWell.hpp
+++ b/opm/simulators/wells/MultisegmentWell.hpp
@@ -98,7 +98,9 @@ namespace Opm
         // TODO: for now, we only use one type to save some implementation efforts, while improve later.
         typedef DenseAd::Evaluation<double, /*size=*/numEq + numWellEq> EvalWell;
 
-        MultisegmentWell(const Well& well, const int time_step,
+        MultisegmentWell(const Well& well,
+                         const ParallelWellInfo& pw_info,
+                         const int time_step,
                          const ModelParameters& param,
                          const RateConverterType& rate_converter,
                          const int pvtRegionIdx,
diff --git a/opm/simulators/wells/MultisegmentWell_impl.hpp b/opm/simulators/wells/MultisegmentWell_impl.hpp
index d899ff75c..ca058a400 100644
--- a/opm/simulators/wells/MultisegmentWell_impl.hpp
+++ b/opm/simulators/wells/MultisegmentWell_impl.hpp
@@ -31,7 +31,9 @@ namespace Opm
 
     template <typename TypeTag>
     MultisegmentWell<TypeTag>::
-    MultisegmentWell(const Well& well, const int time_step,
+    MultisegmentWell(const Well& well,
+                     const ParallelWellInfo& pw_info,
+                     const int time_step,
                      const ModelParameters& param,
                      const RateConverterType& rate_converter,
                      const int pvtRegionIdx,
@@ -40,7 +42,7 @@ namespace Opm
                      const int index_of_well,
                      const int first_perf_index,
                      const std::vector<PerforationData>& perf_data)
-        : Base(well, time_step, param, rate_converter, pvtRegionIdx, num_components, num_phases, index_of_well, first_perf_index, perf_data)
+    : Base(well, pw_info, time_step, param, rate_converter, pvtRegionIdx, num_components, num_phases, index_of_well, first_perf_index, perf_data)
     , segment_perforations_(numberOfSegments())
     , segment_inlets_(numberOfSegments())
     , cell_perforation_depth_diffs_(number_of_perforations_, 0.0)
diff --git a/opm/simulators/wells/StandardWell.hpp b/opm/simulators/wells/StandardWell.hpp
index b00b6f0e4..de14cf081 100644
--- a/opm/simulators/wells/StandardWell.hpp
+++ b/opm/simulators/wells/StandardWell.hpp
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #include <opm/simulators/wells/RateConverter.hpp>
 #include <opm/simulators/wells/WellInterface.hpp>
 #include <opm/simulators/wells/WellProdIndexCalculator.hpp>
+#include <opm/simulators/wells/ParallelWellInfo.hpp>
 
 #include <opm/models/blackoil/blackoilpolymermodules.hh>
 #include <opm/models/blackoil/blackoilsolventmodules.hh>
@@ -158,7 +159,9 @@ namespace Opm
         using Base::contiBrineEqIdx;
         static const int contiEnergyEqIdx = Indices::contiEnergyEqIdx;
 
-        StandardWell(const Well& well, const int time_step,
+        StandardWell(const Well& well,
+                     const ParallelWellInfo& pw_info,
+                     const int time_step,
                      const ModelParameters& param,
                      const RateConverterType& rate_converter,
                      const int pvtRegionIdx,
@@ -377,6 +380,9 @@ namespace Opm
         // diagonal matrix for the well
         DiagMatWell invDuneD_;
 
+        // Wrapper for the parallel application of B for distributed wells
+        wellhelpers::ParallelStandardWellB<Scalar> parallelB_;
+
         // several vector used in the matrix calculation
         mutable BVectorWell Bx_;
         mutable BVectorWell invDrw_;
diff --git a/opm/simulators/wells/StandardWell_impl.hpp b/opm/simulators/wells/StandardWell_impl.hpp
index da9657775..cfb80443c 100644
--- a/opm/simulators/wells/StandardWell_impl.hpp
+++ b/opm/simulators/wells/StandardWell_impl.hpp
@@ -33,7 +33,9 @@ namespace Opm
 
     template<typename TypeTag>
     StandardWell<TypeTag>::
-    StandardWell(const Well& well, const int time_step,
+    StandardWell(const Well& well,
+                 const ParallelWellInfo& pw_info,
+                 const int time_step,
                  const ModelParameters& param,
                  const RateConverterType& rate_converter,
                  const int pvtRegionIdx,
@@ -42,9 +44,10 @@ namespace Opm
                  const int index_of_well,
                  const int first_perf_index,
                  const std::vector<PerforationData>& perf_data)
-        : Base(well, time_step, param, rate_converter, pvtRegionIdx, num_components, num_phases, index_of_well, first_perf_index, perf_data)
+    : Base(well, pw_info, time_step, param, rate_converter, pvtRegionIdx, num_components, num_phases, index_of_well, first_perf_index, perf_data)
     , perf_densities_(number_of_perforations_)
     , perf_pressure_diffs_(number_of_perforations_)
+    , parallelB_(duneB_, pw_info)
     , F0_(numWellConservationEq)
     , ipr_a_(number_of_phases_)
     , ipr_b_(number_of_phases_)
@@ -657,6 +660,9 @@ namespace Opm
         // Update the connection
         connectionRates_ = connectionRates;
 
+        // accumulate resWell_ and invDuneD_ in parallel to get effects of all perforations (might be distributed)
+        wellhelpers::sumDistributedWellEntries(invDuneD_[0][0], resWell_[0],
+                                            this->parallel_well_info_->communication());
         // add vol * dF/dt + Q to the well equations;
         for (int componentIdx = 0; componentIdx < numWellConservationEq; ++componentIdx) {
             // TODO: following the development in MSW, we need to convert the volume of the wellbore to be surface volume
@@ -2475,7 +2481,8 @@ namespace Opm
         assert( invDrw_.size() == invDuneD_.N() );
 
         // Bx_ = duneB_ * x
-        duneB_.mv(x, Bx_);
+        parallelB_.mv(x, Bx_);
+
         // invDBx = invDuneD_ * Bx_
         // TODO: with this, we modified the content of the invDrw_.
         // Is it necessary to do this to save some memory?
@@ -2574,7 +2581,7 @@ namespace Opm
 
         BVectorWell resWell = resWell_;
         // resWell = resWell - B * x
-        duneB_.mmv(x, resWell);
+        parallelB_.mmv(x, resWell);
         // xw = D^-1 * resWell
         invDuneD_.mv(resWell, xw);
     }
diff --git a/opm/simulators/wells/WellHelpers.hpp b/opm/simulators/wells/WellHelpers.hpp
index f89df78f7..c0ae7edb3 100644
--- a/opm/simulators/wells/WellHelpers.hpp
+++ b/opm/simulators/wells/WellHelpers.hpp
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 /*
   Copyright 2016 SINTEF ICT, Applied Mathematics.
   Copyright 2016 Statoil ASA.
+  Copyright 2020 OPM-OP AS.
 
   This file is part of the Open Porous Media project (OPM).
 
@@ -22,6 +23,12 @@
 #ifndef OPM_WELLHELPERS_HEADER_INCLUDED
 #define OPM_WELLHELPERS_HEADER_INCLUDED
 
+#include <opm/common/OpmLog/OpmLog.hpp>
+#include <opm/simulators/wells/ParallelWellInfo.hpp>
+
+#include <dune/istl/bcrsmatrix.hh>
+#include <dune/common/dynmatrix.hh>
+#include <dune/common/parallel/mpihelper.hh>
 
 #include <vector>
 
@@ -33,6 +40,93 @@ namespace Opm {
     namespace wellhelpers
     {
 
+        /// \brief A wrapper around the B matrix for distributed wells
+        ///
+        /// For standard wells the B matrix, is basically a multiplication
+        /// of the equation of the perforated cells followed by a reduction
+        /// (summation) of these to the well equations.
+        ///
+        /// This class does that in the functions mv and mmv (from the DUNE
+        /// matrix interface.
+        ///
+        /// \tparam Scalar The scalar used for the computation.
+        template<typename Scalar>
+        class ParallelStandardWellB
+        {
+        public:
+            using Block = Dune::DynamicMatrix<Scalar>;
+            using Matrix = Dune::BCRSMatrix<Block>;
+
+            ParallelStandardWellB(const Matrix& B, const ParallelWellInfo& pinfo)
+                : B_(&B), pinfo_(&pinfo)
+            {}
+
+            //! y = A x
+            template<class X, class Y>
+            void mv (const X& x, Y& y) const
+            {
+    #if !defined(NDEBUG) && HAVE_MPI
+                // We need to make sure that all ranks are actually computing
+                // for the same well. Doing this by checking the name of the well.
+                int cstring_size = pinfo_->name().size()+1;
+                std::vector<int> sizes(pinfo_->communication().size());
+                pinfo_->communication().allgather(&cstring_size, 1, sizes.data());
+                std::vector<int> offsets(sizes.size()+1, 0); //last entry will be accumulated size
+                std::partial_sum(sizes.begin(), sizes.end(), offsets.begin() + 1);
+                std::vector<char> cstrings(offsets[sizes.size()]);
+                bool consistentWells = true;
+                char* send = const_cast<char*>(pinfo_->name().c_str());
+                pinfo_->communication().allgatherv(send, cstring_size,
+                                                   cstrings.data(), sizes.data(),
+                                                   offsets.data());
+                for(std::size_t i = 0; i < sizes.size(); ++i)
+                {
+                    std::string name(cstrings.data()+offsets[i]);
+                    if (name != pinfo_->name())
+                    {
+                        if (pinfo_->communication().rank() == 0)
+                        {
+                            //only one process per well logs, might not be 0 of MPI_COMM_WORLD, though
+                            std::string msg = std::string("Fatal Error: Not all ranks are computing for the same well")
+                                          + " well should be " + pinfo_->name() + " but is "
+                                + name;
+                            OpmLog::debug(msg);
+                        }
+                        consistentWells = false;
+                        break;
+                    }
+                }
+                pinfo_->communication().barrier();
+                // As not all processes are involved here we need to use MPI_Abort and hope MPI kills them all
+                if (!consistentWells)
+                {
+                    MPI_Abort(MPI_COMM_WORLD, 1);
+                }
+#endif
+                B_->mv(x, y);
+                // The B matrix is basically a component-wise multiplication
+                // with a vector followed by a parallel reduction. We do that
+                // reduction to all ranks computing for the well to save the
+                // broadcast when applying C^T.
+                using YField = typename Y::block_type::value_type;
+                assert(y.size() == 1);
+                this->pinfo_->communication().allreduce<std::plus<YField>>(y[0].container().data(),
+                                                                           y[0].container().size());
+            }
+
+            //! y = A x
+            template<class X, class Y>
+            void mmv (const X& x, Y& y) const
+            {
+                Y temp(y);
+                mv(x, temp); // includes parallel reduction
+                y -= temp;
+            }
+        private:
+            const Matrix* B_;
+            const ParallelWellInfo* pinfo_;
+        };
+
         inline
         double computeHydrostaticCorrection(const double well_ref_depth, const double vfp_ref_depth,
                                             const double rho, const double gravity) {
@@ -44,6 +138,38 @@ namespace Opm {
 
 
 
+        /// \brief Sums entries of the diagonal Matrix for distributed wells
+        template<typename Scalar, typename Comm>
+        void sumDistributedWellEntries(Dune::DynamicMatrix<Scalar>& mat, Dune::DynamicVector<Scalar>& vec,
+                                       const Comm& comm)
+        {
+            // DynamicMatrix does not use one contiguous array for storing the data
+            // but a DynamicVector of DynamicVectors. Hence we need to copy the data
+            // to contiguous memory for MPI.
+            if (comm.size() == 1)
+            {
+                return;
+            }
+            std::vector<Scalar> allEntries;
+            allEntries.reserve(mat.N()*mat.M()+vec.size());
+            for(const auto& row: mat)
+            {
+                allEntries.insert(allEntries.end(), row.begin(), row.end());
+            }
+            allEntries.insert(allEntries.end(), vec.begin(), vec.end());
+            comm.sum(allEntries.data(), allEntries.size());
+            auto pos = allEntries.begin();
+            auto cols = mat.cols();
+            for(auto&& row: mat)
+            {
+                std::copy(pos, pos + cols, &(row[0]));
+                pos += cols;
+            }
+            assert(std::size_t(allEntries.end() - pos) == vec.size());
+            std::copy(pos, allEntries.end(), &(vec[0]));
+        }
+
+
 
         template <int dim, class C2F, class FC>
         std::array<double, dim>
diff --git a/opm/simulators/wells/WellInterface.hpp b/opm/simulators/wells/WellInterface.hpp
index f90ca706d..b560a571f 100644
--- a/opm/simulators/wells/WellInterface.hpp
+++ b/opm/simulators/wells/WellInterface.hpp
@@ -121,7 +121,9 @@ namespace Opm
                                                    has_brine,
                                                    Indices::numPhases >;
         /// Constructor
-        WellInterface(const Well& well, const int time_step,
+        WellInterface(const Well& well,
+                      const ParallelWellInfo& pw_info,
+                      const int time_step,
                       const ModelParameters& param,
                       const RateConverterType& rate_converter,
                       const int pvtRegionIdx,
@@ -317,6 +319,8 @@ namespace Opm
 
         Well well_ecl_;
 
+        const ParallelWellInfo* parallel_well_info_;
+
         const int current_step_;
 
         // simulation parameters
diff --git a/opm/simulators/wells/WellInterface_impl.hpp b/opm/simulators/wells/WellInterface_impl.hpp
index dbc3e2b22..adabca396 100644
--- a/opm/simulators/wells/WellInterface_impl.hpp
+++ b/opm/simulators/wells/WellInterface_impl.hpp
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ namespace Opm
     template<typename TypeTag>
     WellInterface<TypeTag>::
     WellInterface(const Well& well,
+                  const ParallelWellInfo& pw_info,
                   const int time_step,
                   const ModelParameters& param,
                   const RateConverterType& rate_converter,
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ namespace Opm
                   const int first_perf_index,
                   const std::vector<PerforationData>& perf_data)
       : well_ecl_(well)
+      , parallel_well_info_(&pw_info)
       , current_step_(time_step)
       , param_(param)
       , rateConverter_(rate_converter)
diff --git a/tests/test_wellmodel.cpp b/tests/test_wellmodel.cpp
index 85fac0329..7e19ebb3b 100644
--- a/tests/test_wellmodel.cpp
+++ b/tests/test_wellmodel.cpp
@@ -126,8 +126,9 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(TestStandardWellInput) {
 
     Opm::PerforationData dummy;
     std::vector<Opm::PerforationData> pdata(well.getConnections().size(), dummy);
+    Opm::ParallelWellInfo pinfo{well.name()};
 
-    BOOST_CHECK_THROW( StandardWell( well, -1, param, *rateConverter, 0, 3, 3, 0, 0, pdata), std::invalid_argument);
+    BOOST_CHECK_THROW( StandardWell( well, pinfo, -1, param, *rateConverter, 0, 3, 3, 0, 0, pdata), std::invalid_argument);
 }
 
 
@@ -156,7 +157,8 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(TestBehavoir) {
                                              std::vector<int>(10, 0)));
             Opm::PerforationData dummy;
             std::vector<Opm::PerforationData> pdata(wells_ecl[w].getConnections().size(), dummy);
-            wells.emplace_back(new StandardWell(wells_ecl[w], current_timestep, param, *rateConverter, 0, 3, 3, w, 0, pdata) );
+            Opm::ParallelWellInfo pinfo{wells_ecl[w].name()};
+            wells.emplace_back(new StandardWell(wells_ecl[w], pinfo, current_timestep, param, *rateConverter, 0, 3, 3, w, 0, pdata) );
         }
     }