Initial Statement of Beneficial Ownership (3)

FORM 3	UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0104 Estimated average burden hours per response... 0.5
	Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * Smith Brandon B.	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (MM/DD/YYYY) 10/11/2017	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol TENNECO INC [TEN]
(Last)        (First)        (Middle) 500 N. FIELD DRIVE	4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director                            _____ 10% Owner ___ X ___ Officer (give title below)          _____ Other (specify below) Interim General Counsel* /
(Street) LAKE FOREST, IL 60045        (City)              (State)              (Zip)	5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (MM/DD/YYYY)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) _ X _ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

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)
Common Stock	2661	D
Common Stock	571   (1)	D
Common Stock	1502   (2)	D
Common Stock	1518   (3)	D
Common Stock	992	I	By 401(k)   (4)

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned ( e.g. , puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivate Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (MM/DD/YYYY)		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
Employee Stock Options (Right to Acquire)	(5)	3/31/2020	Common Stock	388	$38.90	D
Employee Stock Options (Right to Acquire)	(5)	1/14/2021	Common Stock	876	$56.23	D

Explanation of Responses:
(1)	Reflects restricted stock granted to the Reporting Person pursuant to Rule 16b-3. The restricted stock reflected above becomes vested on February 4, 2018.
(2)	Reflects restricted stock granted to the Reporting Person pursuant to Rule 16b-3. The restricted stock reflected above will vest 751 shares on February 3, 2018 and 751 shares on February 3, 2019.
(3)	Reflects restricted stock granted to the Reporting Person pursuant to Rule 16b-3. The restricted stock reflected above will vest 506 shares on February 1, 2018, 506 shares on February 1, 2019 and 506 shares on February 1, 2020.
(4)	Reflects stock allocated to, and indirectly held by, the Reporting Person under the Issuer's 401(k) Plan.
(5)	Reflects stock options granted to the Reporting Person pursuant to Rule 16b-3, one-third of which vested on each of the first three anniversaries of the grant date. All of the stock options reflected above have become vested.

Remarks: * and Corporate Secretary

Reporting Owners
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Smith Brandon B. 500 N. FIELD DRIVE LAKE FOREST, IL 60045			Interim General Counsel*

Signatures
/s/ Brandon B. Smith		10/20/2017
** Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
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