Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has announced that one of its vessels was targeted by a missile while transiting the Strait of Hormuz early on Saturday (August 8), reported WAM. 

The incident resulted in no injuries, and the situation has been brought under control, said ADNOC in a statement.

The company urged the public to obtain information solely from official sources and to avoid circulating rumors or unverified information.

Meanwhile the UAE strongly condemned what it said was an Iranian attack on a carrier linked to its state oil company, accusing Tehran of "acts of piracy".

In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) emphasized that targeting commercial shipping and using the Strait of Hormuz as a tool of economic coercion or blackmail represents acts of piracy by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps, and constitutes a direct threat to the stability of the region, its peoples, and global energy security.

The UAE further stressed the need for Iran to halt these unprovoked attacks, ensure its full commitment to an immediate cessation of all hostilities, and the complete and unconditional reopening of the Strait of Hormuz in order to safeguard regional security, and maintain the stability of the global economy and trade, stated the report.