Ownership Submission
FORM 3
 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
  Richardson Scott A
 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
02/16/2018		 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Celanese Corp [CE]
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
C/O CELANESE CORPORATION, 222 W LAS COLINAS BLVD., SUITE 900N		 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
SVP & CFO
 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
(Street)

IRVING, TX 75039		 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned
(Instr. 4)		 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Series A Common Stock 19,506.703 (1)
D
 
Series A Common Stock 519.33
I
by 401(k) Plan

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)		 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
Richardson Scott A
C/O CELANESE CORPORATION
222 W LAS COLINAS BLVD., SUITE 900N
IRVING, TX 75039		       SVP & CFO  

Signatures

/s/ James R. Peacock III, Attorney-in-Fact for Scott A. Richardson 02/26/2018
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) Includes 747, 4,193 and 1,182 time-vesting restricted stock units ("RSUs") granted pursuant to the Company's 2009 Global Incentive Plan on February 3, 2016, December 8, 2016 and February 9, 2017, respectively. Subject to continued employment the RSUs vest as follows: 2,065 RSUs on December 8, 2018, 1,329 RSUs on February 15, 2019, 2,128 RSUs on December 8, 2020 and 600 RSUs on February 15, 2020.
 
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Exhibit List: Exhibit No. 24 - Power of Attorney

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