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 *
  CITIGROUP INC
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
07/23/2008
3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Patriot Coal CORP [PCX]
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
399 PARK AVENUE, 3RD FLOOR
4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) __X__ Other (specify below)
See footnote 1 below
5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
(Street)

NEW YORK, NY 10022
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
___ Form filed by One Reporting Person
_X_ 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)
Common Stock, par value of $0.01 per share 872,323 (1)
I
By Subsidiary (2) (3)

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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
Put Option (1)   (4) 12/19/2008 Common Stock 1,000 $ 200 I See Footnote (2) (3)
Put Option (1)   (4) 09/19/2008 Common Stock 10,000 $ 90 I See Footnote (2) (3)
Put Option (1)   (4) 09/19/2008 Common Stock 300 $ 85 I See Footnote (2) (3)
Put Option (1)   (4) 09/19/2008 Common Stock 2,200 $ 80 I See Footnote (2) (3)
Put Option (1)   (4) 09/19/2008 Common Stock 1,000 $ 70 I See Footnote (2) (3)
Put Option (1)   (4) 09/19/2008 Common Stock 9,500 $ 60 I See Footnote (2) (3)
Put Option (1)   (4) 09/19/2008 Common Stock 4,000 $ 55 I See Footnote (2) (3)
Put Option (1)   (4) 09/19/2008 Common Stock 1,100 $ 30 I See Footnote (2) (3)
Put Option (1)   (4) 09/19/2008 Common Stock 300 $ 105 I See Footnote (2) (3)
Put Option (1)   (4) 09/19/2008 Common Stock 300 $ 100 I See Footnote (2) (3)
Put Option (1)   (4) 01/16/2009 Common Stock 5,500 $ 145 I See Footnote (2) (3)
Put Option (1)   (4) 01/16/2009 Common Stock 2,100 $ 125 I See Footnote (2) (3)
Put Option (1)   (4) 01/16/2009 Common Stock 4,100 $ 120 I See Footnote (2) (3)
Put Option (1)   (4) 01/16/2009 Common Stock 1,900 $ 100 I See Footnote (2) (3)
Put Option (1)   (4) 12/19/2008 Common Stock 900 $ 50 I See Footnote (2) (3)
Put Option (1)   (4) 12/19/2008 Common Stock 5,100 $ 45 I See Footnote (2) (3)
Put Option (1)   (4) 12/19/2008 Common Stock 4,100 $ 40 I See Footnote (2) (3)
Put Option (1)   (4) 12/19/2008 Common Stock 5,200 $ 35 I See Footnote (2) (3)
Put Option (1)   (4) 12/19/2008 Common Stock 100 $ 140 I See Footnote (2) (3)
Put Option (1)   (4) 12/19/2008 Common Stock 2,100 $ 110 I See Footnote (2) (3)
Put Option (1)   (4) 08/15/2008 Common Stock 3,200 $ 90 I See Footnote (2) (3)
Put Option (1)   (4) 08/15/2008 Common Stock 3,200 $ 125 I See Footnote (2) (3)
Put Option (1)   (4) 08/15/2008 Common Stock 7,600 $ 120 I See Footnote (2) (3)
Put Option (1)   (4) 08/15/2008 Common Stock 7,100 $ 115 I See Footnote (2) (3)
Call Option (1)   (4) 01/15/2010 Common Stock 100 $ 200 I See Footnote (2) (3)
Call Option (1)   (4) 01/15/2010 Common Stock 300 $ 150 I See Footnote (2) (3)
Call Option (1)   (4) 01/15/2010 Common Stock 100 $ 140 I See Footnote (2) (3)
Call Option (1)   (4) 09/19/2008 Common Stock 400 $ 230 I See Footnote (2) (3)
Call Option (1)   (4) 09/19/2008 Common Stock 25,000 $ 190 I See Footnote (2) (3)
Call Option (1)   (4) 09/19/2008 Common Stock 95,900 $ 180 I See Footnote (2) (3)

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
CITIGROUP INC
399 PARK AVENUE, 3RD FLOOR
NEW YORK, NY 10022
      See footnote 1 below
CITIGROUP INVESTMENTS INC
731 LEXINGTON AVENUE, 26TH FLOOR
NEW YORK, NY 10022
      See footnote 1
Citigroup Alternative Investments LLC
731 LEXINGTON AVENUE, 26TH FLOOR
NEW YORK, NY 10022
      See footnote 1
Citigroup Private Equity LP
731 LEXINGTON AVENUE, 26TH FLOOR
NEW YORK, NY 10022
      See footnote 1
Citigroup Capital Partners II 2006 Citigroup Investment, L.P.
731 LEXINGTON AVENUE, 26TH FLOOR
NEW YORK, NY 10022
      See footnote 1
Citigroup Capital Partners II Employee Master Fund, L.P.
731 LEXINGTON AVENUE, 26TH FLOOR
NEW YORK, NY 10022
      See footnote 1
CITIGROUP CAPITAL PARTNERS II ONSHORE L P
731 LEXINGTON AVENUE, 26TH FLOOR
NEW YORK, NY 10022
      See footnote 1
Citigroup Capital Partners II Cayman Holdings, L.P.
731 LEXINGTON AVENUE, 26TH FLOOR
NEW YORK, NY 10022
      See footnote 1

Signatures

Citigroup Inc. By: /s/ Riqueza V. Feaster Name: Riqueza V. Feaster Title: Assistant Secretary 08/01/2008
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Citigroup Investments Inc., By: /s/ Millie Kim, Name: Millie Kim, Title: Secretary 08/01/2008
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Citigroup Alternative Investments, LLC, By: /s/ Jason Ment, Name: Jason Ment, Title: Assistant Secretary 08/01/2008
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Citigroup Private Equity LP, By: /s/ Jason Ment, Name: Jason Ment, Title: Secretary 08/01/2008
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Citigroup Capital Partners II 2006 Citigroup Investment, L.P., By: Citigroup Private Equity LP, its general partner, By: /s/ Jason Ment, Name: Jason Ment, Title: Secretary 08/01/2008
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Citigroup Capital Partners II Employee Master Fund, L.P., By: Citigroup Private Equity LP, its general partner, By: /s/ Jason Ment, Name: Jason Ment, Title: Secretary 08/01/2008
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Citigroup Capital Partners II Onshore, L.P., By: Citigroup Private Equity LP, its general partner, By: /s/ Jason Ment, Name: Jason Ment, Title: Secretary 08/01/2008
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Citigroup Capital Partners II Cayman Holdings, L.P., By: Citigroup Private Equity LP, its general partner, By: /s/ Jason Ment, Name: Jason Ment, Title: Secretary 08/01/2008
**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) The reporting persons may be deemed as members of a group beneficially owning 10% or more of the common stock of the issuer within the meaning of Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Except as set forth below, the reporting persons disclaim beneficial ownership of all securities other than those reported above, and this report shall not be deemed an admission that such a group exists or that the reporting person is the beneficial owner of the securities of such group for purposes of Section 16 or for any other purpose.
(2) The shares of Common Stock reported in Table I represent 247,602 shares held directly by Citigroup Capital Partners II 2006 Citigroup Investment, L.P., 278,126 shares held directly by Citigroup Capital Partners II Employee Master Fund, L.P., 125,566 shares held directly by Citigroup Capital Partners II Onshore, L.P., 157,330 shares held directly by Citigroup Capital Partners II Cayman Holdings, L.P. (collectively, the "CCP Funds") and 63,699 shares held directly by Citigroup Inc. ("Citigroup"). Citigroup Private Equity, LP ("Citigroup PE") is the general partner of each of the CCP Funds, Citigroup Alternative Investments LLC ("CAI") is its general partner and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Citigroup.
(3) Each of the CCP Funds disclaims beneficial ownership of any shares of Common Stock held by any other person and each of Citigroup, CAI and Citigroup PE disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares held by the CCP Funds except to the extent of their pecuniary interest in the CCP Funds, if any.
(4) All options are currently exercisable.
 
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