Issues related to possible problems in the implementation of digitalization programs for large enterprises for the processing of natural hydrocarbon and mineral raw materials, due to the discrepancy between the technical level of the existing fleet of compressor equipment of these enterprises, both with the requirements of modern production and modern achievements in the field of compressor engineering, are considered. It is noted that the discrepancy between virtual and physical technological objects leads to an overestimation of the costs of creating and maintaining IT products, as well as to a decrease in their efficiency. The ways of improving the element base of compressor equipment are proposed. A theoretical analysis of the functioning of an alternative design of a rotary vane compressor with water supply to its flow part is performed. Its example shows that there are obvious prerequisites for replacing the fleet of existing reciprocating process compressors with more advanced designs, the production of which can be completely based on domestic technologies and localized in the Russian Federation in the interests of the core industries of the processing industry.