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KUWAIT, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Kuwait's OPEC governor said on Tuesday that this year would be tough, with oil prices seen recovering only after 2016 but remaining between $40 and $60 a barrel until 2020.

* CNPC also says natural gas use to rise 7.3 pct to 205 bcm (Adds detail, context)

SINGAPORE, Jan 25 (Reuters) - Rating agency Standard and Poor's (S&P) on Tuesday downgraded several oil and gas companies in the Asia-Pacific region as a lower oil price forecast undermines the sector's revenue and credit outlook.

DUBAI, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Bourses in Saudi Arabia and Egypt fell in early trade on Tuesday as investors cashed out following a resumption in declines of global stocks and worries over further weakness in oil markets.

WARSAW, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Poland's $3 billion army helicopter deal with Airbus is "very likely" to be cancelled, the deputy defence minister said on Tuesday, signalling one of Warsaw's key military programmes, speeded up in response to the Ukraine crisis, may face delays.

MOSCOW, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday Ukraine was unreliable as a transit route for exporting Russian gas to Europe. (Reporting by Vladimir Soldatkin and Andrew Osborn; Writing by Jack Stubbs; Editing by Maria Kiselyova)

WARSAW, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Poland's $3 billion army helicopter deal with Airbus is "very likely" to be cancelled, the deputy defence minister said, signalling one of Warsaw's key military programmes, speeded up in response to the Ukraine crisis, may face delays.

RIYADH, Jan 26 (Reuters) - National oil giant Saudi Aramco has signed a memorandum of understanding to establish a shipbuilding and repair complex in the kingdom, part of Saudi Arabia's efforts to diversify its economy beyond oil, the company said on Tuesday.

* Investors eye Fed meeting on Tuesday-Wednesday (Adds China rail data, Kuwait Petroleum CEO comments, updates prices)

Rather than striving for 2 million b/d, state officials are hoping to maintain production above 1 million b/d.

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