Form 3 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 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(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0104
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Olexa, Jeffrey (Last)       (First)       (Middle) 701 North Post Oak Road, Suite 630 (Street) Houston, Texas 77024 (City)       (State)       (Zip)	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 07/23/2001	4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol BERENS INDUSTRIES, INC.   (BEII)
	3. I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (voluntary) 00-0000000	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) ___ Director                    _X_10% Owner _X_ Officer (give             ___ Other (specify           title below)                             below) President	6. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)
			7. 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)

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exer- cisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conver- sion or Exercise Price of Deri- vative Security	5. Owner- ship Form of Deriv- ative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exer-cisable	Expira- tion Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Series "A" Preferred Stock	07/23/2001	None	Common Stock par value $.001 per share	46,795,000	None	D

Explanation of Responses:

**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).	/s/ Jeffrey Olexa **Signature of Reporting Person	07/23/2001  Date
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