CAIRO, Aug 15 (Reuters) - UAE's Abu Dhabi National Oil

Company said on Saturday that one of its vessels came under

attack while transiting the Strait of Hormuz a day earlier, the

Emirati state news agency WAM reported.

The state oil company said no injuries were reported, with

the situation now under control, according to WAM.

Anwar Gargash, diplomatic adviser to the UAE president, said

Abu Dhabi would defend its sovereignty and interests, after

repeated attacks on ADNOC tankers.

"We will safeguard our rights to freedom of navigation ...

while continuing the path of dialogue and prioritising

diplomatic options," Gargash said in a post on X.

The attack was the third such incident involving ADNOC

vessels in less than a week. The UAE had accused Iran of being

behind the earlier attacks, but there was no official comment

from the UAE on Friday's attack.

The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations agency said

earlier it had received a report of a bulk carrier being struck

by an unknown projectile in the strait on Friday.

About a fifth of the world's oil and liquefied natural gas

passed through the narrow waterway between Oman and Iran before

the conflict. Since the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran broke out on

​February 28, shipping has ​been repeatedly disrupted, ⁠raising

freight rates and creating security concerns.

ADNOC ​is one of the world's largest energy producers and

exports crude oil, natural gas and refined products ​worldwide.