Calysseo, a joint venture between BP-backed Calysta, a natural gas-based alternative protein producer, and animal nutrition company Adisseo, announced Monday it intends to build an alternative protein facility in Al Jubail in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Advanced discussions and detailed planning are underway between the partners, who have formalized their intent to move forward with a development in the country.

The partnership is aiming to build a 100,000-metric-ton capacity fermenter in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to produce Calysta’s novel protein ingredients, which require no animal or plant ingredients to produce.