How to Combine 2 dimensions in ASO cube for Reporting

Hello,
We have several OBIEE reports being extracted out of ASO Essbase cube through the RDP Layer.
The requirement by a new report is to Combine two dimension in the Underlying ASO cube.
The following two dimension needs to be combined into one, using MDX intersection
PRODUCT
- OIL
- GAS
REGION
- APAC
- AMEA
Combined Dimension
- OIL_APAC [MDX]
- GAS_APAC [ MDX]
Can you please help me the MDX syntax for acheiving the above
Cheers
MS

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